Soyuzmultfilm Moscow 1950
When the New Year Trees Light Up
directed by Mstislav Pashchenko written by Vladimir Suteyev, music Karen Khachaturyan words (poems) Sergei Mikhalkov, Michael Volpin
art directors Yevgeny Migunov, Vladimir Degtyarev ass. E Raykovski, I. Znamenski, E Trynov L kovalevskaja
artists D. Anpilov, K. Malyshev, V. Valerianova, Ye. Tannenberg cameraman Michael Druyan, ass. E Pizo sound Nikolai Prilutsky, cutter Lidia Kyaksht
animators Nikolai Fedorov, Nadezhda Privalova, Alexander Beliakov, Boris Dezhkin, Gennady Filippov, Vladimir Arbekov,
Fedor Khitruk, Valentin Lalayants, Roman Davydov, L. Popov, Lidia Reztsova, Igor Podgorsky, Ye. Kazantseva, Michael Botov
voice artists Julia Youlskaya, Vladimir Volodin (Snowman) , V. Ivanov, Tatiana Barysheva (Hare) , Youry Khrzhanovsky, Rostislav Plyatt, Leonid Pirogov (Father Frost)
They say that on New Year's,
Whatever you wish
will always come true.
Forgotten your lines again?
...Everything always comes true.
You see? And you kept saying "I'll forget, I'll forget"...
Do you promise not to have stage fright?
I promise, Lucy.
I am only afraid sometimes.
You give your word?
I d-do.
Tring.
Would you be so kind as to ask for Grandpa Frost to come to the phone?
Ah, hello!
This is Lucy and Vanya Ivanov.
You see, we've prepared an amateur prerf... pre... performance.
Could you include us in the program?
You're just pretending. You are talking to a toy telephone.
Or if it's real, then perform on your own!
But you gave your word!
Please, include us, Vanya gave his word!
As for the gifts we want...
For me a little white hare,
with a chocolate.
And for Vanya...
What do you want? - Well, a teddy bear.
- And for Vanya, a teddy bear.
Snow Maiden, find me a hare and a teddy bear.
Here they are, grandpa!
Well, granddaughter, I have to go.
Those children are waiting.
I'll gather the rest of the toys and get on the road.
Airplanes!
Dolls!
Well now, that's all.
Grandpa, the snowman has arrived!
Hmhm, the car, hmm, the car is ready, chief!
The cookies, tangerines and sweets have been loaded!
The weather is excellent - a blizzard, a real snowstorm!
Well done! Sit down and get warm.
Snow Maiden, make him something to eat.
It's all right. I'm used to the cold!
Besides, I already had supper.
I ate a kilo of ice cream -
Crème Brulèe with waffles!
Well, my granddaughter,
stay here and take care of the house.
In the evening, make a celebratory supper
for the birds and forest animals, as usual.
But take care! Beware of the wolf!
He's a scoundrel!
Here we go!
- Good bye, granddad!
- Good bye, granddaughter-r-r-r!
We are going, going, going to visit the children
and we are carrying a truckload full of gifts
Because Grandpa Frost
loves these children very much!
We're going at full speed
so beware, forest folk!
We want to congratulate all children
and wish them a happy new year!
Brrr. Hmmm...
We're here!
- What?
- Nothing. I'm just saying you should get out. We're here!
Let's go, brother, to search for the way home
Teddy, I can't!
Why can't you?
I can't walk because I am a gift!
Look at the chocolate that is attached to my feet!
True!
You know what, I'll push you!
And you'll move forward like on a sledge!
It's impossible to glide on these.
if it was vanilla chocolate, OK, but it's with nuts; it's rough.
It really does have nuts!
But nuts make it more tasty!
Who's tasty, huh!?
Who are you? A wolf?
Of course I am a wolf.
A real one? Not a toy wolf?
The real deal! Very real!
You'll see right now!
One minute please!
You see, I'm not a real hare, I'm a toy!
I'm made of wool, you see, and he's made of sawdust.
We are not edible!
What do you mean, not edible?
Here, taste for yourself.
Chew my ear. It's made of cloth,
I'm all like this.
Wow, pfoei, strange!
This is the first time I've come across such a... tasteless hare.
Do you like sweets, then?
Try this,
maybe you'll like it!
Extra fine. With nuts! - Phoei
Now let's get going.
The wolf is coming.
who's there?
It's me, hare.
I'm sorry, Snow Maiden, I'm late.
Look whom I brought from the forest.
They got lost!
Poor things, you are unrecognisable!
- You know, I used to look like a hare,
but now I don't know myself what I look like
And he was a teddy bear.
Really, I was...
Don't worry!
We'll straighten you out,
and you'll look better than new from the store!
- What's with you? - It tickles!
Endure it! You're not a little kid.
It really does... tickle!
Watch out that you don't get soap in your eyes!
It's all right, our eyes are buttons.
Wait, what's that?
"A gift for Lucy from Grandpa Frost"
Well, you see, we are gifts.
I, for example, am intended for this girl, and he...
I am a present too. Here, look!
"For Vanya from Grandpa Frost"
We were lost.
Can you imagine! They lost you!
So Lucy and Vanya won't get their gifts!
They will not!
Really, they will not.
We'll get our gifts, I'm sure.
Do you remember everything we will perform?
I don't know. Sometimes I remember, sometimes not.
And now?
Now I remember a little...
But I'm probably not going to perform.
You're not going to? And who gave his word?
I feel shy... you see, I'm afraid!
I want to go home.
But I passed along your promise to Grandpa Frost!
He wrote it down!
Ah, what cowards boys are!
Remember... don't remember.
Oh, who's there? Look!
Well, hello, what are your names?
Hello, Grandpa Frost,
It's us, Lucy and Vanya Ivanov.
We've prepared something to perform in front of the tree.
Vanya gave his word,
But now he doesn't want to perform. He's afraid.
Since you gave your word, keep it!
Well, I await your performance!
Hurrah! Hurrah! Grandpa Frost has arrived!
You know, my feet are already dry!
But my head... is still... wet.
I think there is too much wool there.
True! There's too much wool.
Hurry up, hurry up, we could be late.
Brown bear, harness the sledge. Hurry, dear, hurry!
You know, they even attached
a new chocolate to my feet,
"Golden label"
I think that's no worse than before!
True! It's even better than before!
Turn back. They are inedible, with their nuts. Ugh!
The next event of our pro-pro-programme is...
Lucy and Vanya!
But where is Vanya?
Vanya? Where's Vanya? Where's Vanya?
What an unpleasant surprise!
I clearly remember I put in a hare in for Lucy.
and a teddy bear for Vanya. I can't imagine where they went!
Really? Wow!
Gosh! Now that's something...
- Since you gave your word, keep it!
They say on new year.
Whatever you wish,
Will always come true.
Everything always comes true!
Where are the presents
Even children's dreams
Can all come true,
They only have to... have to...
Have to do their best.
They only have to do their best.
Are we late?
They say, on New Year's Eve
Whatever you wish,
Always comes true
Everything always comes true!
Bravo, Bravo!
Grandpa, this is better than a fairy tale!
I'm melting, I'm just melting...
Coming through villages And cities on my way,
I, happy and cheerful, Hurried to see you all!
May our people, with each day, Achieve ever-richer lives!
The New Year hopes good fortune And success shall come to you!
Happy New Year, children!
Really, Happy New Year!
The End Subs: Odiossea, ed. by Eus & Niffiwan