Cold Summer of 1953 (1987)
"Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego" (original title)

Crime wave in Soviet Russia.

Director:

Aleksandr Proshkin

Writer:

Edgar Dubrovsky

Stars:

Valeri Priyomykhov, Anatoliy Papanov, Viktor Stepanov

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Valeri Priyomykhov	...	Sergei Basargin, 'Luzga'
Anatoliy Papanov	...	Nikolai Starobogatov, 'Kopalych'
Viktor Stepanov	...	Mankov
Nina Usatova	...	Lida, Shura's Mother
Zoya Buryak	...	Shura
Yuriy Kuznetsov	...	Zotov
Vladimir Kashpur	...	Fadeyich
Sergey Vlasov	...	Vityek (as S. Vlasov)
Boris Plotnikov	...	Starobogatov's Son
Viktor Kosykh	...	Shurup (as V.Kosykh)
Yelizaveta Solodova	...	Starobogatov's Wife (as Ye. Solodova)
Vladimir Golovin	...	Baron
Aleksei Kolesnik	...	Kryuk
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrei Dudarenko	...	Mikhalych (as A. Dudarenko)
D. Karpova

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

prisoner | political prisoner | gun | year in title | cruelty | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

Soviet Union

Language:

Russian

Release Date:

1987 (Soviet Union)

Also Known As:

'53 hideg nyara

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mosfilm

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Sovcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

Humanity survives even in exile

Grainy stock gives this film an almost documentary feel and has the additional effect of underscoring the dismal state of the trading outpost at which most of the events take place. _The Cold Summer of 1953_ is more authentic and less hysterical than _Gulag_, although it makes the same points with regards the social standing (or, more accurately, the complete lack of social standing) of political prisoners in postwar Russia. Looked down upon by even the most violent of criminals, the two political exiles still maintain a sense of dignity and, to some extent, honour, in the face of their privations.