The Cold Summer of 1953

The Cold Summer of 1953
Original film poster
Directed byAleksandr Proshkin
Written byEdgar Dubrovsky
StarringValeriy Priyomykhov
Anatoli Papanov
Viktor Stepanov
Nina Usatova
CinematographyBoris Brozhovsky
Music byVladimir Martynov
Production
company
Release date
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The Cold Summer of 1953 (Russian: Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…, romanizedKholodnoe leto pyat'desyat tret'ego) 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.