The Cold Summer of 1953
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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.
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A harsh, unforgiving vision of post-war Soviet society. This film feels like a grim, desperate struggle for survival against overwhelming odds, where humanity is tested in the crucible of lawlessness and violence.
grittytensebleakviolentsteadyperiod piecebrutal realismEastern Bloc cinemasurvivallawlessnessresistancehistorical context
summer1950s
