The Cold Summer of 1953
The Cold Summer of 1953 () is a 1988 Soviet crime film directed by Aleksandr Proshkin. It was the last film of the Russian actor Anatoly Papanov.

Plot
Summer 1953. After Stalin's death, one of his closest colleagues, First Deputy Premier and head of the MVD Lavrenty Beria, announces an amnesty for non-political prisoners and for political prisoners sentenced to not more than 5 years. As a result, many dangerous criminals are freed from labor camps. They organise gangs and begin to rob, kill and rape.

In a small village in the north of Russia live two exiles: former military intelligence captain Sergei Basargin and former engineer Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov. Both have been unjustly exiled by Stalin's regime.

The village is attacked by a gang of criminals. The bandits kill the only policeman and take the entire population hostage. To save them, the former military officer and the former engineer take up arms.

Cast
 Valeriy Priyomykhov as  Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
 Anatoli Papanov as Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer
 Viktor Stepanov as policeman Mankov, who killed by bandits 
 Nina Usatova as Lydia Matveevna, mute woman
 Zoya Buryak as Lydia Matveevna's daughter
 Yury Kuznetsov as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
 Vladimir Kashpur as  Fadeich, chief of landing place
 Elizabeth Solodova as Nikolai Starobogatov's wife
 Boris Plotnikov as Nikolai Starobogatov's son
 Vladimir Golovin as professional criminal, gang leader
 Sergey Vlasov as Witek, criminal
 Andrew Dudarenko as Mikhalich, criminal
 Alexander Zavyalov as Mukha, criminal
 Alexey Kolesnik as Hook, criminal
 Viktor Kosykh as Baklan, criminal