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.
Валерий Приёмыхов
as «Luzga», Sergey Basargin, former military intelligence captain
Анатолий Папанов
as «Kopalych», Nikolai Pavlovich Starobogatov, former engineer
Виктор Степанов
as policeman Mankov
Нина Усатова
as Lydia Matveevna
Зоя Буряк
as Lydia Matveevna's daughter
Юрий Кузнецов
as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
Виктор Косых
as «Baklan», criminal
Борис Плотников
as Nikolai Starobogatov's son
Владимир Кашпур
as Fadeich, chief of landing place
Елизавета Солодова
as Starobogatov's Wife
Владимир Головин
as Baron
Олексій Колесник
as Kryuk
