SOYUZMULTFILM Puppetfilm association 1965
the film is based on sketches by the "Palekh miniature" artists (Palekh region style: Traditional, bright colors, black background)
N. GOLIKOV and T. ZUBKOVA
Scriptwriter: A. SIMUKOV Director: V. DEGTYARYOV
Art Director: A. KURITSIN Camera: N. GRINBERG
Composer: Y. LEVITIN Sound: G. MARTYNYUK
Animators: V. PUZANOV, L. ZHDANOV, P. PETROV
Narrator: V. LEKAREV Montage: V. GOKKE Script-editor: A. SNESAREV
Puppets and Decor: O. Masainov, S. Znamenskaya, V. Shafranyuk, Yu. Brovkin, P. Gusev B. Kukuliyev, V. Alisov, K. Kukuliyeva
Under the directon of Roman Gurov Producer N. Bitman
Once, strong bogatyrs used to live
at the borderlands of the Russian state;
they lived for almost 100 years
and there were 30 of them, including our hero.
In those days the border was well guarded.
None would pass them by, neither on horse, nor on foot,
neither outward bound nor inward bound.
No gray wolf roamed the land,
and no sharp-eyed falcon flew the skies.
DOBRYNYA NIKITICH
Dobrynya was born to a mother
that raised him till he was of full age.
The young Dobrynyushka Nikitinich
began to often ride his good horse
through the open field.
His mother instructed Dobrynyushka:
here's a Shamakhan whip for you,
it's woven of 7 cords braided with 7 threads.
If your horse Burka will not jump,
whip your Burka and say:
"Burushka, leap forward,
shake off the enemy force that holds you down!"
It's no rain that rains, It's no thunder that thunders,
It's no thunder that thunders, - But a great noise that comes.
Zmey Gorynych, the Dragon, flew in,
with three heads and 12 limbs,
and he carried off into captivity
the Christian people.
Then spake Dobrynyushka Nikitinich:
"Aye, you cursed snake,
What, oh Snake, have you done?!"
Dobrynyushka's mother had instructed him,
Dobrynyushka's mother had said to him:
"Do not ride off into the far field,
Do not visit the alien Saracen mountain,
Do not bathe, Dobrynya, in the fiery Puchai river between this world and the next."
And Dobrynya heard the voices
of the captive Russians:
"Where have you disappeared to, you mighty bogatyrs?
Do not you hear our voices?
It is hard for us in these dragon caves,
We probably will not see the sun again
until the end of our lives."
Dobrynya spoke the following words:
"Oh, you captive Russians,
come out of the serpent's lair,
return to your own lands -
he will not touch you any more,
that cursed snake!"
For these deeds the hero Dobrynya Nikitich
is honored with glory and with song.
May the blue sea find comfort in it!
And may all you kind people
hear of it!
THE END translated after Russian bornik @ KG subs Lemicnor & Eus (2018), ed. Niffiwan (2022)