The Cold Summer of 1953
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.
Directed by Aleksandr Proshkin · Written by Edgar Dubrovsky
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Valeriy Priyomykhov Sergei «Luzga» Basargin -
Anatoliy Papanov Nikolai «Kopalych» Starobogatov -
Viktor Stepanov Mankov -
Nina Usatova Lidia Matveevna -
Zoya Buryak Lidia Matveevna's daughter -
Yuriy Kuznetsov Ivan Zotov -
Vladimir Kashpur Fadeich -
Sergey Vlasov Vityok -
Vladimir Golovin «Baron» -
Andrey Dudarenko Mikhalych -
Aleksandr Zavyalov «Mukha» -
Aleksei Kolesnik «Kryuk»
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The Cold Summer of 1953
The Black Veil
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