The Cold Summer of 1953
The Cold Summer of 1953 is a 1988 Soviet crime thriller Film directed by Aleksandr Proshkin. The film is set during the tumultuous period directly after the death of Joseph Stalin in 1953. It was the last film starring the Soviet actor Anatoly Papanov.
Plot
As a result of Beria's Amnesty of 1953, a large numbers of criminals were released and pardoned. Upon release they quickly began to form gangs, committing robberies, murders, and rapes nationwide: Many places in the USSR were subject to rampant criminality and looting at the hands of now fully-pardoned inmates.
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| author | Edgar Dubrovsky |
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| director | Aleksandr Proshkin |
| genre | action crime drama thriller |
| keywords | amnesty of 1953 assault bandits pistol beria\'s capture escape plan even falsely accused force gru hear kill lavrentiy beria lock loot main protagonist military intelligence captain persecute pow ppsh-41 prisoner of war shoot soviet union spring submachine gun tt pistol under water ussr walk wound young daughter |
| musicBy | Vladimir Martynov |
| productionCompany | Mosfilm |
| theme | action drama |