A production of "Soyuzmultfilm" Moscow 1956
THE LITTLE SHIP
screenwriter Vladimir Suteyev lyrics Mihail Volpin
director Leonid Amalrik art director Aleksandr Trusov
composer Nikita Bogoslovskiy camera Mihail Druyan sound Nikolay Prilutskiy
assistants V. Balashov, Ye. Novoselskaya, T. Sazonova, A. Firsova
animators Dmitriy Belov, Vladimir Pekar, Vadim Dolgikh, L. Popov,
Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Nadezhda Privalova, Renata Mirenkova, Boris Chani
voice artists Z. Bokaryova, Georgiy Vitsin, Galina Ivanova,
Galina Novozhilova, Irina Pototskaya, Yuriy Hrzhanovskiy
Once upon a time there were four friends...
We are truly merry friends, merry friends, merry friends,
And we surely can't be split, can't be split, no!
Who are you?
- I am an ant! - And I am a chi-chi-chick.
- And I... I'm a little mouse. - And I'm a caterpillar.
And together:
We are truly merry friends, merry friends, merry friends,
And we surely can't be split, can't be split, no!
- And who are you? - I'm a little frog!
Be friends with us! Let's go for a walk!
Heh, let's rather go swimming!
Swim to me!
- We do not know how to swim... - We will drown.
Ha-ha-ha! What are you good for, then? You're cowards!
No! We're not cowards!
We will swim!
We are sailing on a boat, on a boat, on a boat.
And our we sing our little song little song, yes!
With my breast-stroke, froggy style, froggy style, froggy style,
I swim faster than you lot by ten times, yes!
Come back!
Take down the sail!
Chick overboard!
Land ahead! Land ahead!
- We are saved! - We are saved...
But, but the chick is... is dead..
Don't whine!
Chick!...
Stop it! The chick could be safe too.
We should search for him!
But look where? And how?
I will find the chick. Just don't disturb me.
- What's happening to him? - Hmm! He's gone crazy!
Where am I?
Hey, caterpillar! Are you still alive in there?
That's quite enough from you! I'm alive!
But that is not the caterpillar!
I was the caterpillar. Now, I am the butterfly!
Now I will go fly around, fly around, fly around!
And the chick I'll go and find, go and find, yes!
Hey!
Help me!
Oh! I'm sailing! But where to?
Don't worry!
I'll tow you home!
I do not want to go home!
I am lonely, I am sad, I am sad, I am sad...
I want to go to my friends to my friends, yes...
I've finally found you!
- Who are you? - I'm the former caterpillar.
How long it's been! I cannot wait any more!
Our close friendship cannot break, cannot break, cannot break!
It cannot drown in a lake, in a lake, no!
Good for you, chick! You're a hero!
And this googly-eyed critter said you didn't know how to swim!
It's all his fault! He persuaded us to go in the lake.
What are you saying! He saved me!
We have wronged that little frog...
- We should catch up with him! - He will forgive us.
All aboard!
- Hoist the sail! - Aye, I'll be the sail!
I see... the little frog!
Look out! There's a pike portside!
- Full speed ahead! - Aye-aye, full speed ahead it is!
Whether on land or water, or water, or water,
You'll see who your true friends are when trouble comes!
THE END Subs by Chapaev, Eus, Niffiwan (2012-23)