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.
00:08:01 Ma, are you crazy?
00:11:18 Last spring, when Comrade Stalin died
00:13:27 lt was only transmitted once.
00:16:50 Nine, counting yours.
00:19:11 Still not working?
00:23:22 Anyway... he ran off on the last boat.
00:26:38 Scram!
00:30:46 lt's bringing cash for the trading office.
00:33:44 What does she want?
00:41:16 Lock everyone up in their houses. No one is to go out.
00:44:59 - ls the task understood? - You stay in the village, Fly.
00:48:06 What can your State do? Kill me?
00:51:31 We were encircled. l escaped
00:57:11 lt'll be here this evening.
01:03:28 l'll be damned, they slipped away.
01:07:34 You'll be free soon. Understand?
01:13:04 Yes, and work.
01:19:17 And go home.
01:21:53 l'm not going anyplace.
01:25:06 There were six cons, Mankov and Spade. There must be eight.
01:31:22 The villagers know where his grave is.
01:35:56 in his last film.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed572
Dialogue density5.7 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:35:56

Production Record

DirectorAleksandr Proshkin
LanguageRussian
IMDb votes2,698