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A "Soyuzmultfilm" production
1955

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FOUR COINS

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screenwriters
Mihail Kalinin, Yakov Ziskind

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director Grigoriy Lomidze
art director O. Novozonov
camera Iosif Golomb

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composer Aleksandr Doluhanyan
sound Georgiy Martynyuk

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assistant directors A. Vasilyeva
V. Shevelyova, V. Yegorova

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puppets and decor made under the
direction of chief artist Roman Gurov

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puppeteers V. Kusov, V. Zakrevskiy,
N. Merkulova, V. Sosnovskaya,


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N. Gzhelskiy, N. Chikul,
A. Zorin, F. Kuleshova, L. Leping

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Orchestra of the Main Directorate
for Film Production conducted by
Grigoriy Gamburg

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production director
V. Burlakov

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Dear children!

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A long time ago, or more recently
(who can say?)

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there lived an old man named Ahmed.

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That's me.

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And I had a little grandson.

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He was also named Ahmed.

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That's me.

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We owned a donkey named...

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A true ass.
Doesn't even know his own name.

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Ai-ai-ai-ai-ai!

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We also had a dog.

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Yeah, his name was Woof-woof.

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We lived harmoniously,
but were very poor.

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In the country where our formidable

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and very wise lord ruled,

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the poor numbered too many.

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But even a poor man sometimes
needed to go to the bazaar.

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So one day we all went to the city.

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Don't push me, dear.
I have more to tell.

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When we set off for the bazaar,

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we only had four coins.

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Here they are. We wanted to buy
an armful of hay for the donkey,

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a piece of meat for Woof-Woof,

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and to use the remaining coins for
rice for me and my grandson

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and some kishmish raisins for pilaf.

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But suddenly...
- Halt, old man!

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Where are you going?

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To the bazaar, your grace.

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Will you go across the bridge?

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Yes.

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Then pay!

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For what?

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For passage over the bridge.

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Then, your grace, I will wade across.

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It's so shallow here,
even a hen could cross.

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No longer!

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Didn't you know that
our formidable lord

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has forbidden crossing
the river ford?

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For people, donkeys and dogs.

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Got it?

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- Got it...
- Then pay!

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Well, then...

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take it.

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I gave a coin to the guard

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and said to my grandson:

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You see, how well our wise Lord
looks out for our health?

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Now we no longer need
to concern ourselves

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with kishmish raisins for our pilaf.

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Hey, hey! What are you doing,
stupid animal?!

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Old man, is that your donkey?

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- I suppose so.
- Then pay a coin.

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- For what?
- For what?

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For the destruction of my garden
by the teeth of your donkey.

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- A whole coin for a leaf?!
- Have you no fear of Allah?

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If you don't pay,
I'll call the guards. Come on!

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Alright then, take it!

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I was sorry to give away my
second coin, but what could I do?

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If he'd called the guards, one coin would
not have been enough to pay them off.

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Oh, donkey. What an ass you are!

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Because of one leaf
you lost a whole armful of hay.

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<i>Understand, donkey:
for the poor,</i>

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<i>This travel law's been laid:</i>

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<i>For every leaf, for every step,</i>

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<i>The rich man must be paid.</i>

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At the city gates

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we lost a third coin.

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And what could be bought
for the one remaining coin?

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Nothing.

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We entered the city during
the hour of prayer.

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All the faithful were asking
for divine mercy.

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My grandson and I also knelt and...

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...bitterly thought about our lunch

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that had been taken from us
with the three coins.

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But Woof-woof did not think.

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He found some pilaf, from which
came such a wonderful smell

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that even those who'd had lunch twice
could not pass by indifferently.

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Granddad, look: God sends us pilaf.

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Indeed, it is pilaf.

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At his age, I also
believed in miracles.

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You're foolish, Ahmed.

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Miracles do not exist.

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I see, my dear grandson,
that you are very hungry.

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And truly: why should
we waste such tasty pilaf

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that was found for you by Woof-woof?

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Hey, where's my pilaf?

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Oh, you naive person:

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dogs do not respond to such questions.

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Woof-woof made the master very angry.

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- Granddad... do we run?
- We run.

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The prayer ended,

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and the faithful went back again
to their own matters.

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But me and my grandson
went looking for a place in the shade

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to eat more hot pilaf.

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Hey, you two! What do you want here?

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- Salam alaikum.
- Salam alaikum.

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It is too far to walk to our palace...

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- ...so we want to have lunch here.
- To have lunch here.

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- Then pay some money!
- Money?

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- For what?
- For what?

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For using the shade of my tent.

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- Does shade cost money?
- Right...

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Everything in the world costs money.

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And only one who has no money
is worth nothing.

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- So you want me to pay you for the shade?
- Yes.

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Pay up.
- Oh, no! The goods should fit the price.

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You're selling the shadow of your tent,

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so receive the shadow of my coins.

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After failing to come to terms
with the owner of the tent,

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we decided to take refuge
in the shadow of a tall cart.

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But the disadvantage of a cart
is that it has...

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wheels.

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Granddad, we could get trampled here!

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You're right, Ahmed.
Let us find shade elsewhere.

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Let's go.
- Let's go.

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Granddad! Granddad!
Let's sit down here.

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No, Ahmed. This shade is not for us.

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Oh, noble ass!

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Pearl of our happiness.

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His shadow is better than others.

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It is not so easy to make
a donkey move from his spot.

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Not far away from us,

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a watermelon seller
was finishing his breakfast.

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Something about us did not please him.

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Oh, faithful believers,
what ingratitude!

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I gifted these beggars

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a fine lamb's bone!

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But they, oh, those ungrateful souls...

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it seems one bone is
not enough for them.

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Perhaps they want the whole ram?

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Merchants, let's feed them!

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It is easy to aggrieve a poor man.

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So I decided to
teach them a lesson.

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Let them remember old Ahmed,
who also knows how to joke.

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O just heaven!

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See how they treat us to bones,

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watermelon crusts, and such
generous support

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that the devil himself
would cry with envy!

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What? I'm sorry, what?

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Ah... I shouldn't pay attention to them.

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Eat the pilaf, which you send us?

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Right! I see!

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I see. But where is it?

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What? Already in my bag! I'll check.

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People, you all know that I am poor.

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So what could a poor man have
in his bag?

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Need and grief.
The same as us.

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But today there will be a miracle.

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Look!

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- A miracle! Pilaf!
- And what do you think?

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Many believed that this pilaf

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was sent to us by the heavens.

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Why do you call this "miracle pilaf"?

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Pilaf does not fall from the sky.

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This pilaf is of ordinary rice.

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Take it, just taste! Try it!

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But who is this? Look, people!

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This rich person is drawn to someone
else's pilaf, like a donkey to his hay.

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Would you like me to turn
him into a real donkey?

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Would you?
He will grow donkey ears,

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and a tail, too.

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Come on, give me a bridle.

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I want to ride him!

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Stop! I'll give you 10 coins.
Only spare me!

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10? No, for such a fat donkey
I can get more.

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- 20!
- You do not value yourself very much.

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I'll give you 100 coins!

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Sure, I doubt you're worth more
than that, anyway.

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Well, then - you may stay
human a while longer.

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I knew the greed of the rich

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and I decided to pay them back.

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This one for the hard kick.

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And this one, who, for protection

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against the hot sun,
wanted to sell us shade

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that was as black as his conscience.

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And I will pay these ones back
for the watermelon!

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I do not need other people's money.

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Take it!

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But the 3 coins

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that unjustly were taken away from me

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I will keep for myself.

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Divide the money between yourselves,
as best as you can!

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Oh dear, oh dear!
Then all hell broke loose!

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These wealthy, respectable people

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began to fight over every coin

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just like dogs over a bone.

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Thank you, fair Ahmed Ata!

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The poor people thanked us.

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They were glad

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that we had taught the
greedy rich men a lesson.

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Returning home,
we did not feel disappointed.

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Although the greedy rich
had aggrieved us,

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we had gotten our coins back,

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and used them to buy a
piece of meat for Woof-woof,

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an armful of hay for the donkey,

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and for ourselves, some rice
and sweet kishmish raisins

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for our pilaf.

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The End
Subs by Lemicnor & Eus (2017.02)
revised by Niffiwan (2026.03)