Belarusfilm Director, screenplay: Yelena Turova Art director: I. Lazerko Camera operator: Yuriy Miltner
Studio of Animated Films Composer: O. Yeliseyenkov Film group director: Leonarda Zubenko Sound operator: S. Bubenko
Daddy!
But what if your choice of husband isn't to my liking?
Quiet, Alyona!
It's not a woman's job, choosing husbands.
I need a husband with a head!
So that I could leave the crown to him.
The heart obeys no edicts!
The Tale of the Blue Cloak
Based on a Belarussian folk tale.
Edict
The king's edict!
Whoever beats the king in hide-and-seek will be wed to the princess!
But whoever loses will lose his head!
We will never have happiness, sorceress Alyona.
It is impossible to hide from your father.
Do not grieve, my darling.
I have knitted you a cloak from a magic thread.
Turn it inside out, and you will transform into whatever you wish.
But what if your father finds out about this?
He won't.
Though he's a sorcerer, I'm also an able student.
The kingship is already yours.
Next!
Who are you? Of what kingdom?
Of this one.
I'm the Blue Cloak which is knit inside-out.
I've come to play hide-and-seek.
Well, now. Play if you're not afraid.
Well, if you're not afraid to play, don't be afraid to lose your head.
There is nowhere for you to hide.
Not on the ground,
not in the sky.
I know, I know.
You were a rabbit hopping in the field, a pigeon flying in the sky,
and you came back to the ground as three flowers.
Hey, executioner!
Come now, father. He didn't even have time to warm up.
I will never believe that you will find such a clever lad a second time.
You don't believe your father?
Next time, be cleverer, my dear.
To the Sea
You're good, goose.
So, Blue Cloak. Have you hidden from me?
What a talent you are, daddy.
But if you manage to find this clever lad even a third time,
You would have no equal in sorcery.
Dear father,
My little girl... well, maybe one last time.
Where are you? Where are you?
Blue Cloak - show him. Show him to me.
Why are you grieving, father? You've found the perfect husband.
With a head on his shoulders.
That's just it, Alyona. I didn't find him.
What a disgrace.
A disgrace, father, is for a king to break his word.
All right. You're right.
Show yourself, Blue Cloak.
You will be the king.
Well now...
I managed to find a great husband for my daughter.
A cleverer king than me he'll be.
Animators: D. Kovtanets L. Shukalyukov T. Yatsyna I. Kodyukova
A. Bychkovskiy O. Rybina M. Karpova I. Lazerko I. Povolotskaya A. Orlyonko
Artists: K. Kostyuchenko O. Chikina A. Orlyonko A. Zubenko
Ye. Lapotko V. Mankovich T. Yevmenova Ye. Rudnyova O. Shakhlovich N. Zinovyeva
K. Kozak S. Basalkevich N. Podabed Ye. Chaychuk
Ye. Slastenina I. Printseva Ye. Savchenkova V. Khozhevets
Assistants: director's: A. Orlenko artists: Ye. Rudneva
Voices: R. Astredinova V. Sichkar V. Manayev
Editor: G. Budnik Script editor: D. Yakutovich
The End Subtitles by Niffiwan