Release CalendarDVD & Blu-ray ReleasesTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsIn TheatersComing SoonMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysLGBTQ+ Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

How I Ended This Summer

Original title: Kak ya provyol etim letom
  • 20102010
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 10m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
6.8K
YOUR RATING
Grigoriy Dobrygin in How I Ended This Summer (2010)
A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on the once strategic research base. Pavel receives an important radio message and is still trying to find the right moment to tell Sergei, when fear, lies and suspicions start poisoning the atmosphere...
Play trailer2:09
1 Video
13 Photos
  • Drama
One place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks u... Read allOne place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he daren't communicate.One place. One day. Two men. The place is a polar research station on an island in the Arctic Ocean, inhabited now only by Sergei and Pavel. One day when Sergei is out angling, Pavel picks up a radio message that he daren't communicate.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
6.8K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Alexei Popogrebsky
  • Writer
    • Alexei Popogrebsky
  • Stars
    • Grigoriy Dobrygin
    • Sergey Puskepalis
    • Igor Chernevich(voice)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alexei Popogrebsky
  • Writer
    • Alexei Popogrebsky
  • Stars
    • Grigoriy Dobrygin
    • Sergey Puskepalis
    • Igor Chernevich(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 23User reviews
    • 84Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 16 wins & 23 nominations

    Videos1

    How I Ended This Summer
    Trailer 2:09
    How I Ended This Summer

    Photos13

    Grigoriy Dobrygin in How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    Grigoriy Dobrygin in How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    Sergey Puskepalis and Grigoriy Dobrygin in How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    Grigoriy Dobrygin in How I Ended This Summer (2010)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Grigoriy Dobrygin
    Grigoriy Dobrygin
    • Pavel
    Sergey Puskepalis
    Sergey Puskepalis
    • Sergey
    Igor Chernevich
    Igor Chernevich
    • Golos po ratsii - Sofronov
    • (voice)
    Artyom Tsukanov
    • Golos po ratsii - Stas
    • (voice)
    Ilya Sobolev
    • Golos po ratsii - Volodya
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Alexei Popogrebsky
    • Writer
      • Alexei Popogrebsky
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

    More like this

    The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
    7.3
    The Geographer Drank His Globe Away
    Territoriya
    6.3
    Territoriya
    Admiral
    6.7
    Admiral
    Inadequate People
    7.3
    Inadequate People
    High Security Vacation
    6.3
    High Security Vacation
    Carnival in Moscow
    7.5
    Carnival in Moscow
    Kalina krasnaya
    7.7
    Kalina krasnaya
    Election Day
    7.5
    Election Day
    Izobrazhaya zhertvu
    7.1
    Izobrazhaya zhertvu
    Two Days
    6.9
    Two Days
    Fortress of War
    7.4
    Fortress of War
    12
    7.6
    12

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Sergey Puskepalis lived not far from the filming location for 9 years. He said that this experience "let him merge with the landscape and people at once".

    User reviews23

    Review
    Top review
    9/10
    Survival of the Fittest
    Two men man an isolated weather station in the Arctic circle. Sergei is older and experienced with a wife and son at home. Pavel is young and bored, resentful of Sergei's dominance yet dependent on it. Into this already tense environment comes the news that Sergei's wife and son were badly injured in an accident. Pavel receives the message while Sergei is out fishing. Because of the way things play out, Pavel doesn't deliver the message right away; as the opportune moment passes him by, it becomes harder and harder to tell Sergei even while the direness of his screw up becomes more and more obvious. Eventually, hostilities boil over and Pavel's paranoia reaches such a crescendo that he takes off into the wilderness on a self-imposed cat and mouse chase, convinced that Sergei wants to kill him.

    It's almost ludicrous that something that really is at heart pretty banal (failing to deliver a message, even if that message is very serious) could trigger events that reach the conclusion they do (I won't spoil it, but the end to this movie is grim, folks). But the movie is so well made and acted that everything is entirely plausible, and it's easy to see how distrust can so easily grow when given the right conditions.

    My understanding is that both actors won German film prizes for their work, and no wonder. Until the final scene, not another human being appears, and it falls to the two of them to hold our attention with nothing more than a stark if beautiful landscape to act against.

    Well hold it they do.

    Grade: A
    helpful•21
    7
    • evanston_dad
    • Aug 23, 2011

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • January 28, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Russia
    • Language
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Kako sem prezivel to poletje
    • Filming locations
      • Valkarkai Polar Station, Chukotka, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Koktebel Film Company
      • Telekanal Rossiya
      • StartFilm
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,733
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,968
      • Feb 6, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $730,412
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      2 hours 10 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Grigoriy Dobrygin in How I Ended This Summer (2010)
    Top Gap
    By what name was How I Ended This Summer (2010) officially released in Canada in English?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    View list
    List
    Editors' Picks: What to Watch Now on Netflix
    See the full list
    View image
    Photos
    Hollywood Romances: Our Favorite Couples
    See the full list
    View image
    Photos
    Double Take: Celebrity Twins
    See the full list

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Interest-Based Ads
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2022 by IMDb.com, Inc.