SOYUZMULTFILM
Don't be afraid!
It's me - the old spirit Mbla.
I am a very old spirit. People are always learning something new,
but I got so old that I forgot even what I knew before!
I hid at the bottom of a dry well in the very middle of Africa
and got busy with one important thing:
I pretend to be very busy and that I have no time!
That's the best way to hide
that you know nothing, and that you are ashamed.
But one ancient story I still remember!
And now I will tell it...
Africa! Africa!
On the shores of placid Lake Chad
since long ago have many different birds and beasts settled.
One day, the beasts and birds decided to choose a king for themselves.
"Keep in mind," said the beasts and birds to the Lion,
"You are now the King of Beasts and you must try to be
the most brave, the most strong, the most wise and the most beautiful".
I don't need to try!
If you chose me to be the King of Beasts,
then that is what I am!
THE MOST
THE MOST, MOST
THE MOST, MOST, MOST
THE MOST, MOST, MOST, MOST
screenwriter, director Vasiliy Livanov
art director Max Zherebchevskiy
composer Gennadiy Gladkoy
camera M. Druyan sound G. Martynyuk
montage L. Kyaksht script editor A. Snesarev
assistant director Ye. Shilova art assistant B. Sadovnikov assistant camera N. Nayashkova
backgrounds Viktor Shevkov, A. Nosyrev, Ya. Volskaya
S. Zhutovskaya, O. Safronov, Yu. Kuzyurin, A. Alyoshina
O. Orlova, Ye. Vershinina, R. Mirenkova, V. Pekar
A. Solin, S. Dyozhkin, V. Nefedova, L. Rybchevskaya, I. Svetlitsa
actors Yelena Ponsova, V. Koretskiy, V. Sperantova
R. Zelyonaya, K. Rumyanova, V. Balashov, V. Tumanova
L. Zemlyanikina, I. Tarhanov, A. Baranov singers: N. Postavnicheva, M. Ryba
production director A. Zorina
Happy birthday! I'm your mom.
Mom...
- And what am I? - You are a dove, my little bird!
Is that good - to be a dove?
It's the best thing in the world!
Happy birthday! I am your mother.
And what am I?
You're a crocodile, little one!
Is that good - to be a crocodile?
It's the best thing in the world!
And to the Lion and his wife, the Lioness
a cub was also born. But he didn't ask his mother anything,
because lion cubs begin to see and hear only on the twelfth day.
- What are you? - I'm a dove!
And is that good - to be a dove?
Look!
In that case, I also want be a dove!
- Let's fly! - Let's fly!
- What are you? - I'm a dove!
No, no! He is not a dove at all! He can't fly!
- And what are you? - Me? A crocodile.
And do you like it - being a crocodile?
Look!
In that case, I will be a crocodile too.
How will you be a crocodile if you don't know how to swim?
So what am I?
And what are you?
How you scared me! I am a Hyena.
You are a Hyena? And what am I?
You?... You are a Lion,
...the King of Beasts.
And is that good - to be the King of Beasts?
It's the best thing in the world!
because the King of Beasts...
...is the most brave, the most strong, the most wise and the most beautiful.
- Why are you laughing? - Because I'm nervous.
When you grow up, don't forget that it was I who first told you the truth,
Oh, ye most, most, most! Is that clear?
I am the most, most, most, most!
I'm busy, busy! Busy!
Who answers me?
None of your business!
- And what are you? - Me? A lion.
What?!
The King of Beasts! The most brave, the most strong,
The most wise and the most beautiful!
You are the most dumb! Go away, this is my well.
Say, None-of-your-business, why did you call me the most dumb?
I won't say. Think for yourself. And if you don't understand,
then go and ask...
...someone else. But I'm busy, busy! Busy!
Busy!
What was your aim in biting me?
Your tail! And now I will get my breath back,
and bite your nose!
Are you really not afraid of me?
I'm not afraid of anyone! I'm defending my anthill!
Don't bite my nose! I believe you.
You really are more brave than me.
But I am the most strong!
You are the most dumb!
Why do you, too, think that I'm the most dumb?
Tell me, o brave Ant...
I won't tell! Think for yourself.
And if you don't understand, then find the bald Elephant and ask him about it,
if he wants to talk to you!
Look back!
Speak louder.
Hello!
He heard you.
He noticed you.
He is not angry with you.
He greets you.
Answer.
I am a Lion, the King of Beasts! The most strong!
Be quiet!
Mom!..
- You saved me... - Don't thank me.
Did you understand why the bald Elephant got angry with you?
I understood, I understood...
...that I am not the most brave or the most strong.
However, I am the most wise and the most beautiful!
We eagles rise so high into the sky
that we touch the sun with our wing.
There is nothing above except the sun,
but from there you can see far...
Listen and remember:
Don't say you're the most brave... you will meet someone braver.
Don't say you're the most strong... you will meet someone stronger.
- Don't say you're the most wise... - I will meet someone wiser.
You understood me. And that's the best thanks for your rescue.
Goodbye!
I forgot to ask who is the most beautiful!
And hearing the Lion's roar, beasts and birds ran up and flew over
to the shores of placid Lake Chad.
Listen, and remember what I will tell you:
If any of you call me the most, most...
Was it not you who said that our Lion is the most, most, most...?
Uh-huh...
Was it not you who said that our Lion is the most, most...?
If any of you say to me,
that I am the most brave, the most strong, the most wise and the most beautiful,
I will tear that one to pieces!
Oh mighty Lion, king of beasts and birds!
I fell in love with you at first sight and want to be your wife.
I fell in love with you at first sight.
You can tear me to pieces,
However, I will still say: you are the most beautiful!
Don't be afraid!
The mighty Lion did not tear the young Lioness to pieces.
He just smiled at her with an embarrassed smile - like this.
Because he understood that the one you love
...is always the most, most, most, most...
And now - go away!
This is my well.
THE END (translation - Niffiwan, timings - Audvide)