The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
In 1953, the year Stalin died, many prisoners (some political, but mostly common criminals) were released from the Soviet Gulags. This is the story of a remote settlement which was under attack by a bunch of these recently-released blood-thirsty thugs in the summer of 1953, and the townspeople, along with a two political prisoners, who try to stop them.
Director: Aleksandr Proshkin
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Valeriy Priyomykhov as Sergei «Luzga» Basargin |
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Anatoliy Papanov as Nikolai «Kopalych» Starobogatov |
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Viktor Stepanov as Mankov |
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Nina Usatova as Lidia Matveevna |
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Zoya Buryak as Lidia Matveevna's daughter |
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Yuriy Kuznetsov as Ivan Zotov |
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Vladimir Kashpur as Fadeich |
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Sergey Vlasov as Vityok |
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Vladimir Golovin as «Baron» |
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Andrey Dudarenko as Mikhalych |
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Aleksandr Zavyalov as «Mukha» |
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Aleksei Kolesnik as «Kryuk» |
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Viktor Kosykh as «Shurup» |
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Boris Plotnikov as Starobogatov's son |
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Elizaveta Solodova as Starobogatov's wife |
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Daria Karpova as |
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Konstantin Labutin as |
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Tatyana Lebedkova as |
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S. Martanov as |
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V. Nazarov as |
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Aleksandr Dovbnya as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Aleksandr Proshkin | Director |
| Writing | Edgar Dubrovsky | Writer |
| Camera | Boris Brozhovsky | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Yelena Mikhaylova | Editor |
| Sound | Vladimir Martynov | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Aleksandr Tsygankov | Sound Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Alexandrova | Costume Design |
| Directing | Irina Krastilevskaya | Assistant Director |
| Directing | O. Evplanova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lyudmila Serganova | Assistant Director |
| Production | Konstantin Stenkin | Executive Producer |
| Art | Valeri Filippov | Production Design |
| Sound | Vladimir Ponkin | Conductor |
| Directing | V. Sverba | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aleksey Tetyurkin | Makeup & Hair |
| Visual Effects | Viktor Zhanov | VFX Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Albert Rudachenko | VFX Supervisor |
| Writing | B. Shumilin | Script Consultant |
| Writing | Anatoliy Stepanov | Script Editor |
| Writing | Edgar Smirnov | Script Editor |
| Sound | Arseniy Lapisov | Music Editor |
| Directing | T. Piskareva | Assistant Director |
| Camera | A. Khrustalyov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | V. Afonkin | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | P. Sudilin | Assistant Camera |
| Production | T. Pavlova | Administration |
| Production | V. Serebrennikov | Administration |
| Production | V. Sugak | Administration |
| Crew | Aleksandr Inshakov | Stunts |