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Subtitles for The Speaking Hands of Travancore (1981)

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December 14 2024 06:26:57
Created by Eus, Niffiwan
Govoryashchiye ruki Travankora.1981.en.1.24fps-9m59s.1734157617.srt ⭳
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Originally made by Eus in March 2023. Heavily revised by Niffiwan in December 2024. Timed for the 35mm scan that is 9:59 long (which has a few short cuts in it amounting to several seconds overall).

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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,240 Soyuzmultfilm 1981 2 00:00:03,340 --> 00:00:06,520 Many centuries ago, on the southwestern coast of India, 3 00:00:06,621 --> 00:00:09,721 in Travancore, a special art of dance arose named Kathakali. 4 00:00:09,820 --> 00:00:12,900 The most important place in it is held by gestures. 5 00:00:13,001 --> 00:00:16,201 They convey the wisdom of the ancient people more expressively than words. 6 00:00:19,370 --> 00:00:24,100 The Speaking Hands of Travancore 7 00:00:37,020 --> 00:00:39,220 Who are you? 8 00:00:39,420 --> 00:00:41,390 Who am I? 9 00:00:41,490 --> 00:00:45,500 What does this world mean? 10 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:49,600 What efforts must be made 11 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:53,380 to preserve it? 12 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:59,500 The ancients, too, prayed to their gods. 13 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:04,600 And they saw that Shiva 14 00:01:04,700 --> 00:01:08,290 with the movements of his divine dance 15 00:01:08,390 --> 00:01:13,700 recreates and renews the world. 16 00:01:20,130 --> 00:01:23,640 People started to imitate it. 17 00:01:48,220 --> 00:01:51,620 O fingers that speak, 18 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:56,400 O hands that created all things on Earth, 19 00:01:56,540 --> 00:02:00,170 Is that not why Shiva is many-handed? 20 00:02:00,270 --> 00:02:03,110 O dance of the gesture, 21 00:02:03,210 --> 00:02:06,240 the dance of Kathakali, 22 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,980 that transmits the beauty of the world 23 00:02:10,081 --> 00:02:11,831 and the death 24 00:02:11,910 --> 00:02:14,800 of man and gods. 25 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:17,300 The legend says that 26 00:02:17,401 --> 00:02:22,951 Travancore arose from the ocean after the battle 27 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,870 between gods and demons. 28 00:02:42,170 --> 00:02:43,720 Mahisha, 29 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:46,420 the leader of the dark forces, 30 00:02:46,521 --> 00:02:49,221 caught the gods unprepared 31 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:53,800 and the sky crashed down to earth. 32 00:02:53,901 --> 00:02:56,501 The stars fell. 33 00:03:10,030 --> 00:03:12,310 Then, from the darkness, 34 00:03:12,411 --> 00:03:15,111 from a fiery spiral, 35 00:03:15,260 --> 00:03:19,800 to allow the quivering thread of life to continue, 36 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,660 a multi-armed goddess appeared - 37 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,290 the ferocious female warrior Kali - 38 00:03:28,390 --> 00:03:31,190 and rushed like a wild panther 39 00:03:31,291 --> 00:03:33,041 onto the miasmatic, 40 00:03:33,140 --> 00:03:37,260 swirling demons. 41 00:04:51,890 --> 00:04:55,250 But then, covering the roar of battle, 42 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,780 there was a cry from the earth: 43 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,020 STOP! 44 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:08,800 You trample me like a herd of mindless elephants 45 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:11,560 You trample me! 46 00:05:11,660 --> 00:05:16,400 If you don't stop your wars, 47 00:05:16,501 --> 00:05:19,101 I will die. 48 00:06:05,950 --> 00:06:11,310 Then silence spread over the world! 49 00:06:12,340 --> 00:06:15,320 Such silence 50 00:06:16,030 --> 00:06:18,430 that it was possible to hear 51 00:06:18,531 --> 00:06:21,331 the blossoming 52 00:06:21,430 --> 00:06:24,240 of the lotus sprout 53 00:06:24,390 --> 00:06:28,110 and the formidable warrior became 54 00:06:28,210 --> 00:06:32,450 more tender than a nursing doe. 55 00:06:33,490 --> 00:06:39,970 It does not do for mothers to hold weapons in their arms. 56 00:06:40,430 --> 00:06:42,600 O Earth! 57 00:06:42,700 --> 00:06:46,710 Now your protection and defence 58 00:06:46,910 --> 00:06:49,750 shall be my beloved son 59 00:06:49,850 --> 00:06:52,350 Parashurama. 60 00:07:00,130 --> 00:07:02,330 Remember, my son: 61 00:07:02,581 --> 00:07:04,881 in the direst hour, 62 00:07:04,980 --> 00:07:08,530 when you feel your strength fading, 63 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,750 you must overcome yourself. 64 00:07:11,901 --> 00:07:14,001 Only after defeating yourself 65 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:18,470 will you be able to surmount Evil 66 00:07:18,570 --> 00:07:21,600 and serve Good. 67 00:07:32,980 --> 00:07:35,220 Then, all of a sudden, 68 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:37,660 disturbing the peace, 69 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,150 again did the forces of Evil 70 00:07:40,250 --> 00:07:43,390 hammer the earth, 71 00:07:43,540 --> 00:07:45,720 raising waves 72 00:07:45,820 --> 00:07:49,400 and gnawing at the shore. 73 00:08:03,180 --> 00:08:05,340 And the young man saw that he was weakening 74 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:07,010 and he called out: 75 00:08:07,461 --> 00:08:11,311 O mother goddess! and you, Earth! 76 00:08:11,810 --> 00:08:14,240 Do you hear me? 77 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:19,320 Then give me the strength to overcome myself 78 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,420 and let my axe 79 00:08:22,721 --> 00:08:25,621 serve Good. 80 00:08:28,220 --> 00:08:32,550 That is how, according to legend, 81 00:08:32,650 --> 00:08:34,650 arose 82 00:08:34,750 --> 00:08:37,800 the flowery coast 83 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:40,900 of Travancore. 84 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,550 And the air above the earth is fresh and bright, 85 00:08:46,650 --> 00:08:52,250 and beauty like a butterfly flutters. 86 00:08:58,030 --> 00:09:02,960 But the eternal questions remain: 87 00:09:03,061 --> 00:09:04,661 Who are you? 88 00:09:04,912 --> 00:09:07,662 Who am I? 89 00:09:08,650 --> 00:09:13,230 What does this world mean? 90 00:09:13,930 --> 00:09:18,250 What efforts must be made 91 00:09:18,350 --> 00:09:21,670 to preserve it? 92 00:09:28,710 --> 00:09:32,500 screenwriter M. Rodionov director Vladimir Pekar 93 00:09:32,601 --> 00:09:35,801 art director Tatyana Kolyusheva composer Eduard Artemyev 94 00:09:35,900 --> 00:09:39,040 poem by Aleksandr Timofeyevskiy narrator Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy 95 00:09:39,140 --> 00:09:42,310 camera Kabul Rasulov sound Boris Filchikov 96 00:09:42,411 --> 00:09:45,561 animators Yuriy Batanin, Galina Zebrova, Anatoliy Abarenov 97 00:09:45,662 --> 00:09:47,862 script editor Pyotr Frolov montage Natalya Stepantseva 98 00:09:48,060 --> 00:09:51,200 other film crew Tatyana Lytko, Lyudmila Biryukova, Dmitriy Anpilov, Nikolai Mitrokhin 99 00:09:51,350 --> 00:09:54,020 consultants G. Das Gupta, N. Krasnodembskaya production director Lyubov Butyrina 100 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,180 The End Soyuzmultfilm, 1981 101 00:09:57,281 --> 00:09:59,562 Subs - Eus (2023), rev. Niffiwan (2024)