Produced by the studio SOYUZMULTFILM Moscow 1949 r.
A Stranger's Voice written by Dmitry Tarasov, Mihail Kalinin words (poems) Sergey Mihalkov, Mihail Volpin
directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano Ass. dir. A. Snezhko-Blotskaya art directors Nadezhda Stroganova, Lev Milchin
camera Nikolay Voinov music Yu. Nikolsky sound Nikolay Prilutskiy, tech ass. V Sveshnikova
artists V. Rodzhero, I. Troyanova, animators N. Privalova, A. Sedov, T. Fyodorova, V. Kotyonochkin, F. Yepifanova, L. Reztsova, A. Belyakov, B. Butakov, I. Staryuk, A. Solovyova
Amid the quietness of familiar forests,
among the dense branches,
the nightingale began to sing.
Enraptured, all listened to his song.
Unfortunately, in this early hour,
Magpie blew in from abroad.
I am so happy to hear our nightingale sing.
My soul trembles at his sound.
What's so good about him?
It's old, uninteresting and stale.
Don't you agree?
I'm sorry. I'm kind of old.
I can't hear you that well.
What did you say?
I said it's not interesting! Not modern! Boring! Dry!
Ah! How well they sing in other countries!
Any bird can sing there and they all sing so well!
Such sound, such singing!
And THIS?
What is this?
That's right, it's incomparable.
What? Someone was singing?
May I remark something, brother?
Your singing is old in style.
Birds sang like this 100 years ago.
But you, my friend, live in modern times.
Who are you taking lessons from?
Allow me to teach you how to sing!
Well... alright then.
I will be glad to learn.
Outrageous! I thought I heard it all.
But to hear that a MAGPIE will be giving a nightingale lessons?!
I can't believe it!
Concert of Magpie, Acclaimed Singer (recently returned from abroad)
It doesn't matter what and how you sing.
It's most important to make an impression!
Now THIS is a real singer!
What awesome technique!
This is how they do it over there in other countries! WOW!
Heh, heh, heh...
This is so shameful and inappropriate!
How dare she sing!?
Ouch!
I have goosebumps everywhere.
Listening to this is not for me.
If she wanted to sing at concerts
she should have flown
to where her singing is valued! Not here!
Let this fable be a lesson for all kinds of different birds, not just for magpies.
The end Subs by Kuroko after StopFear's translation, ed. Niffiwan