The Cold Summer of 1953
| The Cold Summer of 1953 | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Aleksandr Proshkin |
| Written by | Edgar Dubrovsky |
| Starring |
Valeriy Priyomykhov Anatoli Papanov Viktor Stepanov Nina Usatova |
| Music by | Vladimir Martynov |
| Cinematography | Boris Brozhovsky |
Production company | |
Release dates | June 1988 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Cold Summer of 1953[1] (Russian: Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…, translit. Kholodnoe leto pyatdesyat tretego[2]) is a 1988 Soviet crime 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
- Viktor Stepanov - policeman Mankov, who killed bandits
- Nina Usatova - Lydia Matveevna, mute woman
- Zoya Buryak - Lydia Matveevna's daughter
- 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