production studio "Soyuzmultfilm" Moscow, 1955
THE BRAVE BUNNY A fairy tale by Mamin-Siberyak screenplay I. Ivanov-Vano
directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano art directors Mihail Botov, Konstantin Karpov music Yuriy Levitin words S. Bogomazov
camera N. Voinov (prime), K. Vents, O. Kuhovarenko, M. Rudzitis, sound Nikolay Prilutskiy
assistants V. Sveshnikova, T. Aleksandrova, N. Geshelina, montage L. Sazonova
animators Tatyana Fyodorova, Roman Davydov, K. Malyshev, Fyodor Hitruk, Lidiya Reztsova, Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, V. Ryabchikov,
Boris Meyerovich, Faina Yepifanova, V. Dolgikh, Boris Chani, Vladimir Popov artists V. Valerianova, V. Rodzhero, Irina Svetlitsa
voices Georgiy Vitsin (Bunny), Lena Alyoshina (Masha), Vitya Koval (Vanya) V. Popova (Granny), Vladimir Volodin (Wolf)
Look what a mouse I drew.
Are you afraid of a real mouse?
Not a bit afraid.
But I'm afraid.
Oh! Heavens, the time!
Time for kids to go to bed.
Vanya! Masha!
Stop playing now, kids! Bedtime.
Already, Grandma? But you promised to tell us a story!
Yes, Grandma, tell us a story, tell us.
No, no!...
Tell us Grandma, tell us - tell us!
You promised us!
Well so be it.
Once a promise is made, it should be kept.
Come sit close to me,
and sit still.
A mouse, Grandma, a mouse!
Well, what are you afraid of?
A mouse, Grandma, a mouse!
Where's the mouse?
There, Grandma, there near the cupboard.
Oh, you cowards!
Frightened of a little mouse!
Meanwhile, she was scared of you, and ran away.
Well, aren't you ashamed?
Get off those chairs, and come sit close to me.
I'll tell you a story.
Well, listen up.
And sit still.
Neither close nor far away, in a forest
lived a bunny.
He had long ears, slanting eyes and a short tail.
And this hare was afraid of everything.
If a twig cracked somewhere, a bird flew by,
some snow fell from a tree...
the bunny's soul would hide in his heels.
Pit - Pit, tiririn! Pit - Pit, tiririn!
Pudding heart! Pudding heart!
Pin - Pin, tiririn! Pin - Pin, tiririn!
A-ha-ha!
Achoo!
So afraid, so afraid was the bunny...
That he did not notice the day ending and the night coming.
A-ha-ha!
Don't you get tired of being afraid of everything?
Who's afraid? Am I afraid?
I'm not afraid of anyone!
Yeah, I'm not afraid of anyone!
I'm not a bit afraid, and that's it!
I'm not afraid of anyone!
Hey, you! Squint eye!
You're not afraid of a wolf, either?
Not of a wolf, not of anything! Not foxes, not bears...
I'm not afraid of anyone!
And all, all of a sudden became merry.
The bunnies started jumping, dancing, tumbling.
What is there to talk about?
If I come across a wolf, I'll eat him myself!
Oh, what a funny bunny!
When has anyone seen a hare eat a wolf?
From morning till night I wander through the wood.
I cannot find prey anywhere.
Now, if a bunny was close by
I'd swallow it hair, bones and all.
Oh, it's wretched for this wolf, Woe! Woe!
I pace back and forth to no avail.
Tiri Tiri tim - bom-bom! In the forest I'm the bravest!
I am brave, a heart of oak! I'm stronger than all the animals!
Tiri Tiri tim - bom-bom! I'm daring from head to tail
No kidding, when I knock back - all fly head over heels!
Oh, brother, just you wait...
It'll be you that I'll eat!
Tiri Tiri tim - bom-bom! Where's the wolf? Bring him here!
I'll have him, I'll have him! He will not rise ever!
Tiri Tiri tim - bom-bom! I, bunny, will do well!
The wolf running, the wolf trembling, will come to his end.
Listen, you cowards!
Listen and look at me!
Here, I'll show you something!
I... I... oh... I...
I won't bother with him.
One is sure to run into another bunny, at some point, in these woods
That one was as mad as a hatter...
Our hare did a clever job frightening that wolf.
If not for him, we would not be alive.
So where is he, our fearless bunny?
The hares began to search for our bunny
and did not notice how the night passed by and the day started.
Well done, Squint eye!
Oh, you Squint-eye!
You cleverly scared that old wolf!
Thank you, brother. And we thought you were bragging.
What were you thinking? Oh, you cowards.
Achoo!
Don't get sick!
Thank you!
From that day the brave hare began to believe for himself
that he really was not afraid of anyone.
Well, that's the end of the fairy tale,
So now, it is time to sleep.
Grandmother, I will not be afraid of the mouse anymore!
And I also will not be afraid of the mouse anymore!
That's good!
Grandma, tell us one more.
Yes, Granny, tell another story, tell us.
"Tell", "tell" you say, but when would we go to sleep?
Good night!
The End Subs by Aleksandr, Eus & Niffiwan