Soyuzmultfilm
THREE FROM PROSTOKVASHINO
screenwriter Eduard Uspensky director Vladimir Popov
music Yevgeniy Krylatov art directors Nikolay Yerykalov, Levon Hachatryan
camera Kabul Rasulov sound Boris Filchikov montage Natalya Stepantseva
animators Marina Voskanyants, Elvira Maslova, Galina Zebrova, Marina Rogova, Renata Mirenkova, D. Anpilov, Sergey Marakasov
voice artists Oleg Tabakov (cat Matroskin), Valentina Talyzina, Mariya Vinogradova (uncle Fyodor)
Boris Novikov (postman Pechkin), Lev Durov (dog Sharik), German Kachin, script editor Raisa Frichinskaya
assistants L. Nikitina, L. Krutovskaya production director L. Butyrina
You're eating your sandwich the wrong way, Uncle Fyodor.
You're holding it with the meat on top, but you should have the meat touching your tongue.
It's tastier that way...
And how do you know that my name is Uncle Fyodor?
I know everyone in our building.
I live up in the attic and see everything from up there.
My name's Matroskin the Cat. It's something of a family name.
But they're remodeling my attic right now, so I have nowhere to live.
Uncle Fyodor, did you have only one wrong sandwich?
Nah, I've got more at home.
Hey, wanna come live at my place?
Your mom will kick me out.
No, no she won't!
Maybe... maybe dad will stick up for you!
What's this cat essence I smell?
I bet Uncle Fyodor's dragged in a cat.
So what? One cat won't do us harm.
Maybe not to you, but it will to me.
Just think about it, what's the use of this cat?
Oh, why care about use?
For instance, what's the use of that picture on the wall?
That picture on the wall is of great use!
It covers up the hole in the wallpaper!
So? We'll make the cat useful too! He can catch mice.
But we don't have mice!
Then we'll get some!
Well, if this cat is so important to you, then go ahead and choose:
Either him or me!
There, there, there...
OK, I choose you. I've known you for a long time already,
but I see this cat for the first time.
My dear parents, mom and dad!
I love you very much,
but I also love animals a lot.
Especially cats...
Yes.
But you won't let me have any pets.
That's why I am leaving
for the countryside
and there I plan to live.
Your son, Uncle Fyodor.
...and cat!
Prostokvashino 100 meters
Hello! Could you let me live with you?
I will be your guard.
Yeah, right!
We don't even have a place to live ourselves.
Stop by in a year, by then we'll have a household of our own.
You, Matroskin, keep quiet! Everyone can use a good dog.
Instead, let's find out if there's a house available anywhere in the village.
Oh yes, there is!
I'll show you this one house - nobody lives there!
The owners moved across the river.
Does it have a stove?
Sure does! It's huge, half the kitchen!
So, will you guys take me in?
Or should I stop by later, in a year?
We'll take you!
It'll be more fun with the three of us.
What's your name?
Sharik. I'm a mutt, not a purebred.
My name is Uncle Fyodor. The cat's name is Matroskin.
It's something of a family name.
Pleased to meet you!
"Vacant house. Live here if you want."
Bless you!
Thank you!
And you, boy, who do you belong to?
How did you end up in our village?
I'm nobody's.
I'm by myself. I'm my own boy.
I moved here from the city.
No way! Kids can't be on their own.
Kids always belong to someone!
And why is that?
I am, for instance, my own cat. I'm nobody's.
And so am I.
And how come you're so interested?
Are you from the police, by any chance?
No, I'm not from the police. I'm from the post office.
I'm the local postman, Pechkin.
That's why I have to know everything - to deliver the mail.
You, for instance, what will you be subscribing to?
I'll subscribe to a comic magazine.
And I'd like something about hunting.
And I'm not going to subscribe to anything at all.
I'm going to save my money!
How come we are always out of milk?
It's killing me!
We should buy a cow!
We should... but where will we get the money?
Maybe we can borrow some from the neighbors?
And how will we pay them back?
One must pay them back, you know.
Well, we'll pay them back with milk!
If we give away the milk, why get the cow?
Well... then we should sell something of ours.
Like what?
Something useless!
In order to sell something useless, one must first buy something useless...
...and we don't have the money!
How about we sell you, Sharik?
What do you mean, "sell me"?
We're not going to sell anyone.
We're gonna go treasure hunting.
Hooray! Umm... what's "treasure"?
Why didn't I think of a treasure hunt myself?
Now we'll be able to buy a cow.
And we won't have to work in the garden anymore.
Now we'll be able to buy everything at the market.
At the store, too. It's better to buy meat at the grocery store.
Why's that?
They've got more bones!
Hooray!!! Treasure!
Give it back! Give it back!
I said, give it back!
Gotcha!
That jackdaw stole my Olympic coin.
It should be taken to the clinic... for research.
You can't take him to the clinic!
We'll take care of him and teach him how to speak.
What do you guys have in this chest?
We just went out mushroom picking, got it?
Sure, got it! What's not to get?
They should have brought a suitcase instead!
It's all your fault!
You let him do everything and he got spoiled.
He just loves animals, so he left with the cat.
You've gotta have dogs and cats and a whole lot of friends at home,
and games - blind-man's buff, hide and seek...
Then children won't go missing.
Then the parents will start to go missing!
I get tired at work as it is!
I barely have the strength to watch some TV.
So don't give me any of your nonsense!
Instead, tell me how to find our boy!
We should place an ad in the newspaper.
"Boy missing: named Uncle Fyodor,
1.2 meters tall.
If you find him, please let us know!"
Ahh... I think we are feeding him for no good reason.
Let's make him useful.
Alright, now say: "Who's there? Who's there?"
Say it: "Who's there? Who's there? Who's there?"
Don't you have anything better to do?
Why don't you teach him a song, or maybe a poem.
I can sing songs myself, but they're not useful.
And your "who's there" is useful?
- That's right! - How?!
Imagine a stranger comes while we're not at home...
And?
He'll knock on the door,
and the jackdaw will ask "who's there?"
The stranger will think that someone is home
and he won't steal anything. Got it?
Who's there? Who's there?
Hooray!!! It worked!
Who's there?
It's me, postman Pechkin. I brought an ad about your boy.
Who's there?
It's me, postman Pechkin. I brought an ad about your boy.
Who's there?
NO ONE!
It's me, postman Pechkin. I brought an ad about your boy.
Who's there? Who's there? Who's there?
Who's there?
It's me, postman Pechkin. I brought an ad about your boy.
Boy missing!
Blue eyes, 1.2 meters tall,
his parents are looking for him.
Whoever finds him will get rewarded with a new bike.
Don't be sad, Uncle Fyodor!
There must be many boys like that around!
Many there might be,
but they don't give out bicycles for every one of them!
Now I'm going to take measurements of your boy.
Dear mom and dad,
I'm doing well,
simply excellent!
I have everything I need... uh-oh!
Dear mom and dad, I'm doing well, simply excellent!
I have everything I need.
I've got my own house. It's warm.
It has one bedroom and a kitchen.
I miss you very much, especially in the evenings.
But my health is not so great.
Either my paws ache,
or my tail keeps falling off.
And the other day I started to shed.
The old fur is coming off all over the house.
But the new fur that's growing in is clean and silky,
so my shagginess has increased!
So long, Your son - Uncle Sharik.
What did he say increased?
His shagginess.
Now he can sleep on the snow in the winter.
I don't understand anything. Maybe we've lost our minds?
Maybe it's our shagginess that's increased?
And it's us who can sleep in the snow?
We can't lose our minds both at once!
People lose them one at a time!
It's only the flu that people get together all at once.
Hello! I am postman Pechkin from Prostokvashino.
Are you the ones giving away bicycles for boys?
It's your fault that Uncle Fyodor has fallen ill.
Why mine?
"Why mine, why mine?"
You were the one giving him all that cold milk.
You even boasted: "Look what cold milk my cow yields!"
"No need to buy a fridge"!
Who's there?
- Family. - Family!
In this weather, family stays home and watches TV.
Only strangers are out and about. We're not opening the door!
Open the door! It's my mom and dad.
You see the condition they've put your child into.
They should be taken to the clinic at once... for research!
Where do you store raspberries?
Here you are!
Ah... wow, I never knew that cats could be so intelligent!
I thought they only knew how to scream from the trees.
Big deal... I also know how to sew,
...and I can use the sewing machine too...
You do as you please, son,
but we're taking you back to the city.
You need to be taken care of.
And if you want to bring the cat along, or Sharik,
or anyone else, go ahead!
We have no objections!
Well, Matroskin, will you come with me?
I would, if I were alone.
But what about my cow and the household,
and my supplies for the winter?
What about you, Sharik?
We're gonna stay.
Better if you come visit us on your vacations.
And on the weekends, too!
Hold on! Hold on!
Here, take him!
It will be more fun with him.
Who's that there?
It's me, postman Pechkin. I brought you a comic magazine.
Ah... oh, how rude of us!
We completely forgot about Pechkin.
That's for the best. He is such a pest!
Excuse me, why was I a pest?
Because I had no bike.
But now I'm gonna be much nicer
and get me some kind of pet... to make life more fun.
You come home... and it's just happy to see you.
"Now Leaving Prostokvashino"
Come visit us in Prostokvashino!
The End (subs by trueboltsfan, Eus, Niffiwan)