The Cold Summer of 1953

7.1

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.

Discover

Valeriy Priyomykhov

«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain

Anatoliy Papanov

«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer

Viktor Stepanov

policeman Mankov

Nina Usatova

Lydia Matveevna

Zoya Buryak

Lydia Matveevna's daughter

Yuriy Kuznetsov

Ivan Zotov, director of trading post

Viktor Kosykh

«Baklan», criminal

Boris Plotnikov

Nikolai Starobogatov's son

Vladimir Kashpur

Fadeich, chief of landing place

Elizaveta Solodova

Starobogatov's Wife

Sergey Vlasov

Витек

Art

Valeri Filippov

Art Direction

Camera

Boris Brozhovsky

Director of Photography

Anatoliy Dzhirkvelov

Additional Director of Photography

P. Sudilin

Additional Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Aleksey Tetyurkin

Makeup Artist

Natalya Alexandrova

Costume Design

Directing

Irina Krastilevskaya

Assistant Director

O. Evplanova

Assistant Director

Lyudmila Serganova

Assistant Director

Editing

Production

Sound

Vladimir Martynov

Original Music Composer

Aleksandr Tsygankov

Sound Director

Writing