Cold Summer of 1953 (1988)
- Original title
- Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего
- Directed by
- Aleksandr Proshkin
- Genre
- drama film, crime film, thriller film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 49 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the aftermath of Stalin's death, two former political prisoners are released into a remote Soviet village. They must protect the townspeople from a gang of escaped criminals.
tensebleakatmosphericslow-burnsuspensefulmelancholicgrittyrestrained
What happens
The Cold Summer of 1953 (Russian: Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…, romanized: Kholodnoe leto pyat'desyat tret'ego) is a 1988 Soviet crime thriller 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, who died after filming his final scene in August 1987. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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