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.
The Cold Summer of 1953
In a remote Siberian village, two former political prisoners, Sergei and Nikolai, try to rebuild their lives after being released from prison as part of the 1953 Soviet gulag amnesty. However, their new freedom is short-lived as eight pardoned common criminals begin to terrorize the villagers.
