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Subtitles for It Was Summer (2003)

English
July 22 2026 10:00:13
Created by Eus, Niffiwan, Mastak₂
Bulo lito.2003.en.1.25fps.1784714413.srt ⭳
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Subtitled by Eus in Oct 2025, based on the earlier Russian subs. The song was not translated. Revised by Niffiwan in Jul 2026, translating the song as well (though not in rhyme).

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1 00:00:00,022 --> 00:00:02,260 Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine 2 00:00:02,361 --> 00:00:05,011 Ukranimafilm 3 00:00:05,466 --> 00:00:09,550 Based on a poem by Daniil Kharms 4 00:00:19,311 --> 00:00:24,600 IT WAS SUMMER</b> 5 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:32,020 It was summer. The sun was shining. 6 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:35,660 It was truly a hot day. 7 00:00:41,483 --> 00:00:43,805 In the garden hung a hammock, 8 00:00:43,940 --> 00:00:46,788 and in the hammock lay a little boy 9 00:00:46,888 --> 00:00:49,120 named Plato. 10 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,680 He swayed and squinted at the sun. 11 00:00:57,130 --> 00:01:01,040 Suddenly, something peeked out from behind a bush... 12 00:01:01,490 --> 00:01:03,040 and vanished again. 13 00:01:04,770 --> 00:01:07,760 Plato wanted to see what it was, 14 00:01:07,860 --> 00:01:11,680 but getting out of the hammock was difficult. 15 00:01:13,510 --> 00:01:17,660 Something again peeked out from behind the bush 16 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,020 and again vanished. 17 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:24,410 "It must be our cat, Eugenia." 18 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:25,500 Indeed, 19 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:28,300 a cat did emerge from behind the bush. 20 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:30,580 But it wasn't Eugenia. 21 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:32,020 Eugenia was gray, 22 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:33,780 with white spots. 23 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:35,780 But this one was all gray 24 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:37,150 with no spots. 25 00:01:37,550 --> 00:01:39,880 "When did we get a cat like that?" 26 00:01:40,580 --> 00:01:42,820 The cat was wearing glasses. 27 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,450 Furthermore, it held a 28 00:01:45,550 --> 00:01:48,480 small pipe in its mouth and was smoking it. 29 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:54,540 Upon seeing Plato, 30 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,540 it took the pipe out of its mouth 31 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,140 and said: 32 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,440 Excuse me, please. 33 00:02:01,540 --> 00:02:05,700 Do you know where Plato lives? 34 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,400 That's me. 35 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,700 Ah, it's you! 36 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:12,430 In that case, 37 00:02:12,550 --> 00:02:16,280 follow me behind that bush - 38 00:02:16,530 --> 00:02:20,720 there's a certain someone waiting for you there. 39 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,370 Behind the bush, on one leg, 40 00:03:04,470 --> 00:03:07,040 stood a heron. 41 00:03:25,540 --> 00:03:28,160 "Cancel the handshake," 42 00:03:28,250 --> 00:03:29,350 said the cat, 43 00:03:29,450 --> 00:03:31,500 "Don't you dare do that. 44 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,500 If you want to introduce yourself, 45 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:35,600 shake feet instead." 46 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:46,360 "There, now we've introduced ourselves," 47 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,600 said the cat. 48 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,190 "Now let's be off." 49 00:03:52,470 --> 00:03:54,110 "Where to?" 50 00:03:54,610 --> 00:03:57,900 But the heron had already grabbed him by the collar with its beak 51 00:03:58,020 --> 00:04:00,480 and was beginning to rise into the air. 52 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:13,460 "Let me go!" 53 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,420 "You're talking nonsense," 54 00:04:16,710 --> 00:04:18,060 said the cat. 55 00:04:18,280 --> 00:04:20,160 "If we let you go, 56 00:04:20,280 --> 00:04:22,880 you'll fall and crash." 57 00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:27,280 "Where are we going?" 58 00:04:27,380 --> 00:04:28,960 "Over there." 59 00:04:29,161 --> 00:04:32,161 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 60 00:04:32,462 --> 00:04:35,162 <i>They fly across, they fly,</i> 61 00:04:35,713 --> 00:04:38,763 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 62 00:04:38,964 --> 00:04:41,864 <i>And patter as they fly,</i> 63 00:04:42,265 --> 00:04:45,365 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 64 00:04:45,566 --> 00:04:48,566 <i>And people wave at them,</i> 65 00:04:48,867 --> 00:04:51,867 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 66 00:04:52,218 --> 00:04:55,468 <i>And folks wave at them with their hats,</i> 67 00:04:55,569 --> 00:04:58,569 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 68 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,170 <i>And folks wave at them with their forks,</i> 69 00:05:02,271 --> 00:05:05,401 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 70 00:05:05,502 --> 00:05:08,702 <i>And folks wave at them with their buns,</i> 71 00:05:08,803 --> 00:05:11,403 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 72 00:05:12,054 --> 00:05:15,204 <i>And folks wave at them with their cats,</i> 73 00:05:15,305 --> 00:05:18,405 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 74 00:05:18,606 --> 00:05:21,806 <i>And folks wave at them with their brooms!</i> 75 00:05:35,107 --> 00:05:37,807 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 76 00:05:38,258 --> 00:05:41,508 <i>And folks wave at them with their lamps,</i> 77 00:05:41,609 --> 00:05:44,609 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 78 00:05:44,910 --> 00:05:47,710 <i>While people stand below,</i> 79 00:05:48,161 --> 00:05:51,211 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 80 00:05:51,412 --> 00:05:54,412 <i>They glisten and patter,</i> 81 00:05:54,813 --> 00:05:57,613 <i>Across the sky fly balloons,</i> 82 00:05:58,064 --> 00:06:01,314 <i>And people patter, too!</i> 83 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:08,860 "Save me!" 84 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,340 "Silence!" 85 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:14,880 shouted the heron, opening its beak wide. 86 00:06:16,300 --> 00:06:18,940 "He's falling! Catch him!" 87 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:22,080 Plato heard the cat's voice above him. 88 00:06:59,260 --> 00:07:02,050 screenwriter & director Masha Medvid 89 00:07:02,150 --> 00:07:05,110 art director Serhiy Mindlin 90 00:07:05,210 --> 00:07:07,870 music Serhiy Stepanenko 91 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:10,300 camera Anatoliy Havrylov 92 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,800 arrangement Yernest Hrann 93 00:07:12,900 --> 00:07:15,870 sound Lyudmyla Roman 94 00:07:15,970 --> 00:07:18,720 animation Masha Medvid 95 00:07:18,820 --> 00:07:22,220 art Maryna Olshevska, Olena Korotkevych, Nataliya Tarabarova, Nataliya Lysenko, 96 00:07:22,321 --> 00:07:25,971 Tetyana Suliz, Natalya Hmelevska, Vanda Litvin 97 00:07:26,072 --> 00:07:29,372 assistants Olena Korotkevich, Vlad Kostetskyy 98 00:07:29,470 --> 00:07:31,830 script editor Svitlana Kutsenko 99 00:07:31,930 --> 00:07:35,050 montage Yuna Srebnytska 100 00:07:35,150 --> 00:07:37,320 voices Yuriy Kovalenko 101 00:07:37,460 --> 00:07:41,820 Sung by the boys' duet of "Film Plus" studio (Kostyantyn Panchenko, Yernest Grann) under the baton of Myhaylo Kruchiyevskyy 102 00:07:41,940 --> 00:07:44,540 production director Vyacheslav Kilinskyy 103 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:47,710 The End Subs by Eus (2025.10), rev. Niffiwan (2026.07)