The Cold Summer of 1953 (Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего) 36 years old

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.

Credits

The Cold Summer of 1953 Cast

Name Character
Yuriy Kuznetsov He was 42, now 78 years old as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
Valeriy Priyomykhov He was 44, 56 years old when he died as «Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
Boris Plotnikov He was 39, now 75 years old as Nikolai Starobogatov's son
Zoya Buryak She was 22, now 58 years old as Lydia Matveevna's daughter
Vladimir Golovin He was 48, 70 years old when he died as Baron
Viktor Kosykh He was 38, 61 years old when he died as «Baklan», criminal
Nina Usatova She was 37, now 73 years old as Lydia Matveevna
Viktor Stepanov He was 41, 58 years old when he died as policeman Mankov
Andrei Dudarenko He was 58, now 94 years old as Mikhalych
Aleksandr Zavyalov He was 34, now 70 years old as Mukha
Yelizaveta Solodova She was 66, 89 years old when she died as Starobogatov's Wife
Aleksei Kolesnik He was 38, now 74 years old as Kryuk
Vladimir Kashpur He was 62, 82 years old when he died as Fadeich, chief of landing place

The Cold Summer of 1953 Crew

Name Department
Edgar Dubrovsky as Writer. He was 56 (84) years old when He died Writing
Aleksandr Proshkin as Director. He was 48 (now 84) years old Directing
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The Cold Summer of 1953 (36 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, December 03, 1988
  • Runtime: 101 minutes