1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,896 Creative Association "EKRAN" (Screen) 2 00:01:07,493 --> 00:01:12,019 SWANS Based on L.N. Tolstoy's stories 3 00:01:12,517 --> 00:01:15,400 People gathered to watch me take off. 4 00:01:16,486 --> 00:01:19,738 I said goodbye to my village, got in the gondola, 5 00:01:20,036 --> 00:01:24,126 looked around to see if everything was in place and shouted: "Set her free!" 6 00:03:30,518 --> 00:03:34,785 For a moment I was terrified and ice ran through my veins. 7 00:03:35,796 --> 00:03:38,023 But then I forgot to be afraid, 8 00:03:38,551 --> 00:03:42,824 I felt like a tsar ruling over cities and peoples. 9 00:04:08,968 --> 00:04:11,480 I quickly rose high in the atmosphere. 10 00:04:11,886 --> 00:04:14,505 Only the gondola's ropes quivered mildly. 11 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:17,049 And once, the wind blew me around. 12 00:04:17,493 --> 00:04:19,970 I was enjoying myself, the air was nice to breathe 13 00:04:20,273 --> 00:04:22,112 and it made me want to sing. 14 00:05:25,512 --> 00:05:28,846 At sunset, a cloud gathered, 15 00:05:29,466 --> 00:05:31,831 and suddenly covered the sun. 16 00:05:32,577 --> 00:05:35,054 Again I was terrified. 17 00:06:32,204 --> 00:06:34,474 I flew up like an arrow. 18 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:37,427 Breathing became harder and harder, 19 00:06:37,779 --> 00:06:40,891 I pulled the rope to release some gas and sink, 20 00:06:41,297 --> 00:06:44,676 but either because I was weak, or because something had broken, 21 00:06:45,252 --> 00:06:47,018 the valve did not open. 22 00:07:18,719 --> 00:07:21,594 If I cannot stop the balloon, I thought, 23 00:07:21,964 --> 00:07:24,484 it will burst and I'll be a goner. 24 00:11:46,402 --> 00:11:48,815 Below I still could not see anything. 25 00:11:49,466 --> 00:11:52,339 Then the wind started to carry me somewhere 26 00:11:53,737 --> 00:11:54,943 And suddenly... 27 00:11:55,689 --> 00:11:57,594 the sun came out. 28 00:14:31,702 --> 00:14:33,959 I had flown for only three hours, 29 00:14:34,728 --> 00:14:36,638 But in this time... 30 00:14:36,944 --> 00:14:39,331 I had lived a complete lifetime. 31 00:14:45,837 --> 00:14:49,362 I dreamed of the extraordinary and sought it out. 32 00:14:50,187 --> 00:14:52,689 But because it constantly surrounded me, 33 00:14:53,156 --> 00:14:55,540 I had not the slightest idea of it... 34 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:03,213 Scriptwriter - A.Timofeyevskiy Director - M. Novogrudskaya Subs - Bornik, Eus (2016) ed. Niffiwan (2021)