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Subtitles for The Little Fir Tree (1984)

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December 27 2021 05:19:45
Created by Eus, Montague Rhodes James, Niffiwan, Aleksandr₂
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Subtitles made originally by Aleksandr and Eus in Jan/Sept 2014, corrected by Niffiwan in Dec 2021, partly using the translation by Montague Rhodes James).

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1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,004 Creative Association "Ekran" 2 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:13,162 Hans Christian Andersen THE LITTLE FIR TREE 3 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,209 A glorious little fir tree stood in the forest. 4 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:37,084 The place where she stood was good - the sun warmed her, 5 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,009 and there was plenty of fresh air. 6 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:45,040 All round her grew numbers of larger comrades, both firs and pines; 7 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:53,161 but the little fir was in a great hurry to grow. 8 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:58,124 "Oh, if I were only a big tree like the others," sighed the little tree, 9 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,044 "then I could spread my branches far out round me 10 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,163 and look out into the wide world with my top!" 11 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:08,131 And she found no joy in either the sun, nor the birds, 12 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:14,088 nor in the scarlet clouds that, morning and evening, sailed over her. 13 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:17,169 Thus passed several years. 14 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:35,123 Every fall, the woodcutters came into the woods to cut down the biggest trees. 15 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:51,087 "Do you know where they are taken to?" the tree asked a stork that had flown in. 16 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:54,084 "Perhaps I do know", said the stork 17 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:58,051 "When I flew out from Egypt, I met 18 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:02,050 many new ships with magnificent masts. 19 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:06,050 I daresay it was them; they smelt of pine. 20 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:10,210 Many's the time I saluted them. They carried their heads high, 21 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,002 very high!" 22 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:21,089 "Oh, I do wish I was big enough to fly over the sea too!" sighed the tree. 23 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:28,046 "You should rejoice in your youth," said the sunbeams. 24 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:33,000 The wind caressed the tree and the dew shed its tears on her, 25 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,243 But she did not understand that. 26 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:17,120 When it was winter, very young trees were cut down in the forest. 27 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:22,091 "Where are they going?" asked the tree, "Where are they being driven?" 28 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,209 "We know where they go," the sparrows twittered. 29 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,050 "We have been in town and peeped through the windows." 30 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:31,083 "They come in for brilliance and glory greater than you can imagine! 31 00:03:31,120 --> 00:03:34,044 They're planted in the middle of a warm room 32 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,049 and decorated with toys and hundreds of candles. 33 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:38,166 "And then?" asked the tree. 34 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,043 "Then what?" 35 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,163 "We didn't see any more, but it was marvellous!" 36 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:48,240 "Maybe I, too, am destined to follow that shining path?" rejoiced the tree. 37 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:51,167 "Oh, how I yearn, how I yearn... 38 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,203 ...to know what will become of me!" 39 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,203 Day passed after day, week after week. 40 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:00,208 And the tree grew and grew, 41 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:05,246 And all those who saw her, said, "what a wonderful tree!" 42 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:10,004 At Christmas time, she was the first of all to be felled. 43 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:16,004 She awoke when she heard a voice say: 44 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:19,243 "Tonight she will shine." 45 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:24,209 "Ah!" thought the Christmas tree, "Let the evening come soon!" 46 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:45,040 The tree dared not even tremble. 47 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,202 Oh, how terrible it was! 48 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:51,204 How afraid she was of losing any of her finery! 49 00:04:52,000 --> 00:04:57,131 How astounded she was by all this glitter! 50 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,207 "What are they doing?" thought the tree. 51 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,047 "What will happen next?" 52 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:38,243 "A story! A story!" cried the children. 53 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:44,211 And a stout little man told them, the story of Humpty Dumpty, 54 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,128 who tumbled downstairs, 55 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,242 but all the same attained honor 56 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:51,161 and got himself married to the Princess. 57 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:56,007 "Yes, yes, sometimes that's the way things go in the world!" 58 00:05:56,040 --> 00:06:00,090 thought the little fir tree and she believed that it was all true, 59 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,169 because it was told by such a nice little man. 60 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:08,046 And she was glad that the next day they would decorate her again 61 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:12,084 with candles, toys, gold and fruit. 62 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:36,205 "Now the dressing will begin again!" rejoiced the tree. 63 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,249 Many days and nights passed, 64 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,044 but no one came to the attic. 65 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,004 "What does that mean?" thought the tree. 66 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,042 "What am I to do here?" 67 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,207 "What can I listen to here?" 68 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,044 "Where do you come from, old tree?" asked the mice. 69 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,207 "I am not at all old," replied the tree. 70 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,084 "There are many trees much older than me." 71 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,243 "Do tell us about the loveliest place in the world. 72 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,003 Have you been there?" 73 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,087 "Have you ever been in the storeroom, 74 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,203 where there are cheeses lying on the shelves and bacon hanging from the ceiling?" 75 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,209 "Where you go in thin, and come out fat?" 76 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,164 "I do not know of such a place," said the tree. 77 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:42,129 "But I know the forest, where the sun shines and the birds sing." 78 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:46,250 And she told them all about her own youth. 79 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,089 About how she had been decked out with cakes and candles. 80 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:55,160 And about Humpty Dumpty, the only story she had heard and memorized word for word. 81 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,044 "Oh, what a lot you've seen!" 82 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:01,163 "Oh, how happy you've been!" said the mice. 83 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:06,200 "Happy?" repeated the tree and thought. 84 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:13,048 "Yes, after all... those were merry days, 85 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:18,124 But they'll come back! They'll come back! 86 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,126 I'll definitely not miss a chance to be merry 87 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:24,166 when I am once again taken out into the light!" 88 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:50,007 "Well, this must be the beginning of a new life," thought the tree. 89 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:55,000 "Now I'll really start to live!" she rejoiced. 90 00:09:04,040 --> 00:09:10,161 And the fir tree regretted not having stayed in her dark corner of the attic. 91 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:15,004 She thought of her fresh youth in the forest, 92 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,087 and of the merry Christmas Eve, 93 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,050 and the frisky little mice 94 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,124 who had so enjoyed listening to what she told them. 95 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:33,004 "Oh, if only I had enjoyed it while I could," said the poor tree. 96 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,170 written & directed by Anatoliy Solin art director Inna Pshenichnaya camera V. Milovanov 97 00:09:38,200 --> 00:09:42,204 music Viktor Babushkin sound Nelli Kudrina narrated by A. Batalov 98 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,204 background artist Igor Mednik animators N, Bazeltseva, V. Sporykhin, S. Sichkar, S. Petetsky 99 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:53,043 montage L. Rudan script editor V. Medvedovskaya production director L. Barentsova 100 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:59,167 The End Subs: Aleksandr, Eus, M.R. James, Niffiwan Creative Association for USSR TV, 1984