The Cold Summer of 1953

The Cold Summer of 1953
File:The Cold Summer of 1953.png DVD cover
Directed by	Aleksandr Proshkin
Written by	Edgar Dubrovsky
Starring	Valeriy Priyomykhov Anatoli Papanov Nina Usatova
Music by	Vladimir Martynov
Cinematography	Boris Brozhovsky
Production company	Mosfilm
Release dates	June 1988
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

The Cold Summer of 1953 (Russian: Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…, translit. Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego) is a 1988 Soviet film directed by Aleksandr Proshkin. It was the last film of the outstanding Russian actor Anatoly Papanov.

Plot

Summer 1953. After Stalin's death, one of his closest colleagues Lavrenty Beria announces amnesty. As a result of that, many dangerous criminals, murderers and robbers are freed from labor camps. They organise gangs and begin to rob, kill and rape.

In a small village in the north of Russia live two exiles: former military intelligence captain Sergei Basargin and former engineer Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov. Both are innocent, but unjustly repressed by Stalin's regime.

The village is attacked by a gang of criminals. The bandits kill the only policeman in the village and capture the entire local population hostage. To save the innocent people the former military officer and the former engineer take up arms.

Cast

• Valeriy Priyomykhov - «Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
• Anatoli Papanov - «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

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• Yury Kuznetsov - Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
• Vladimir Kashpur - Fadeich, chief of landing place
• Elizabeth Solodova - Nikolai Starobogatov's wife
• Boris Plotnikov - Nikolai Starobogatov's son
• Vladimir Golovin - «Baron», professional criminal, gang leader
• Sergey Vlasov - «Vit`ok», criminal
• Andrew Dudarenko - «Mikhalich», criminal
• Alexander Zavyalov - «Mukha» (Fly), criminal
• Alexey Kolesnik - «Kryuk» (Hook), criminal
• Viktor Kosykh - «Baklan», criminal

External links

• The Cold Summer of 1953 at IMDb
• The Cold Summer of 1953 with English Subtitles online