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IVASHKO AND BABA-YAGA
based on a Russian folk tale
screenwriters, directors Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg
art director T. Basmanova
composer Aleksandr Aleksandrov
voice of Baba Yaga - Osip Abdulov (Merited Artist of the Republic)
voice of Ivashko - K. Koreneva
animators Boris Dyozhkin, Faina Yepifanova,
K. Malyshev, Lidiya Reztsova, Nadezhda Privalova, B. Titov
technical assistant T. Fyodorova sound operator S. Renskiy
colour operator D. Karetnyy assistant camera K. Krylov
Oh, ho, ho...
Grandpa, just stay at home.
I'll go out on the lake by myself.
Oh, come on, you're still too little... What if you drown?
No, no! I'm a big boy now. I will not drown.
I'll catch you a lot of fish.
Early in the morning the sun will rise
and pull the mist from the lake.
A fresh breeze is blowing.
Fly onward, logboat, like a fish!
I sail ahead, loudly singing a song.
The fire crackles, the boiler boils.
Add garlic, one bunch, followed quickly by some leeks,
Then cook tomatoes, carrots and spinach.
Finally one can drag the boiled soup to the table!
Hut, hut, turn to me with your front,
and with your back to the forest.
Ivashka is alone on the lake, you can steal him!
Ivashka, my son!
come sailing to the shore.
I brought you food and drink.
Logboat, logboat, sail to the river bank.
That's Mother calling me.
Ivashka, my son, come sailing to the shore.
I brought you food and drink.
Logboat, logboat, sail far away, That's Baba Yaga calling me.
Blacksmith, blacksmith, forge me a thinner voice,
so I can sing songs to lull children to sleep.
Ivashka! Ha ha ha!!!
Ivashka, my son,
come sailing to the shore.
I brought you food and drink.
Hut, hut, turn to me with your front
and with your back to the forest.
Heat up the oven, I need to bake Ivashka.
Come here and sit down on the shovel!
Fool, you're doing it wrong.
I'm small, not that smart. I do not know how!
Teach me how to sit down on the shovel.
I'll show it to you.
I sing out loud and roll around, I've eaten Ivashka's meat!
Sing out loud and roll around, you've eaten crow meat!
Blacksmith, blacksmith, forge me iron teeth.
Mine are all broken!
I can't even chew a dry crust!
Oh-ho-ho...
Where is my little Ivashka, my son?
This is for you, grandfather, this is for me.
And for me?
This is for you, grandfather, this is for me.
And for me?
Come on, grandpa, have a look at what that was!
THE END subs by Alevtina & Eus (July 2015) ed. by Niffiwan (July 2023)
"Ivashko and Baba Yaga" was filmed in 1938 using a Soviet 3-colour system.
The colour version was digitally restored in 2013 from the original
colour-separated negatives stored in the Russian State Film Archive.
Restoration done by Nikolay Mayorov, Vladimir Kotovskiy
Russian State Film Archive (Gosfilmofond) 2013