Story :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.
Cast
Valeriy Priyomykhov«Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
Anatoliy Papanov«Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer
Viktor Stepanovpoliceman Mankov
Nina UsatovaLydia Matveevna
Zoya BuryakLydia Matveevna's daughter
Yuriy KuznetsovIvan Zotov, director of trading post