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.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Valeriy Priyomykhov «Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain Birthday: December 26, 1943 | 44 | August 25, 2000 (56) |
 | Anatoliy Papanov «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer Birthday: October 30, 1922 | 66 | August 7, 1987 (64) |
 | 41 | December 26, 2005 (58) | |
 | 37 | 73 | |
 | 22 | 58 | |
 | 42 | 79 | |
 | 38 | December 22, 2011 (61) | |
 | 39 | December 2, 2020 (71) | |
 | 62 | October 17, 2009 (82) | |
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