The Cold Summer of 1953

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

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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