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.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Director: Aleksandr Proshkin

Actors: Valeriy Priyomykhov, Anatoliy Papanov, Viktor Stepanov, Nina Usatova, Zoya Buryak, Yuriy Kuznetsov, Vladimir Kashpur, Sergey Vlasov, Vladimir Golovin, Andrey Dudarenko

Release date: 1988-12-03

Country of origin: SU

Length: 1h 41m

Ratings:

• 7.8/10