The Cold Summer of 1953

1988 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 2,698 VOTES · DIR. Aleksandr Proshkin

The Cold Summer of 1953 poster

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 572 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 Mosfilm
00:03:14 l've seen guys like you.
00:07:57 Mother!
00:11:12 Too bad we're short of dogs.
00:12:59 Beria's. Who else's?
00:16:21 Trim the hair on my back.
00:18:35 That's what l am.
00:22:57 But he'd beat Ma whenever he got drunk.
00:24:52 That's a secret.
00:29:58 Listen... Want to swap?
00:32:18 Let's send him to lure the cop out.
00:38:25 He's coming!
00:44:23 Lock them up with the rest, Fly.
00:46:45 Where's the girl, Gramps?
00:50:04 What's the rush, fella?
00:53:42 To hell with her! We're leaving.
00:59:48 l can't eat. There's no salt.
01:04:39 Everything will be all right...
01:09:36 So many innocent people!..
01:14:17 Not in fourteen years.
01:20:38 What about these?
01:22:48 Spade should be buried here.
01:29:14 ln the autumnal clear-sky blue.
01:32:26 to Stalin, of course.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed572
Dialogue density5.7 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:32:26

Production Record

DirectorAleksandr Proshkin
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes2,698