Produced by Soyuzmultfilm Movie Studio Moscow, 1955
Snowman Postman
Scenario: V. Suteyev Director: L. Amalrik Art Director: A. Trusov
Composer: Nikita Bogoslovskiy Camera: M. Druyan Sound Director: N. Prilutskiy
Director's Assistants: V. Lalayants, B. Meyerovich, Ye. Novoselskaya, A. Firsova
Art Director's Assistant: T. Sazonova Camera Assistant: Ye. Rizo
Animators: V. Arbekov, K. Malyantovich, D. Belov, R. Mirenkova, B. Butakov, V. Pekar, R. Davydov, L. Popov
V. Dolgikh, N. Privalova, F. Yepifanova, L. Reztsova, Ye. Komova, T. Taranovich, V. Lihachyov, F. Hitruk
Decorators: V. Valerianova, K. Malyshev, A. Goreva, V. Rodzhero
Voice Cast: L. Buhartseva, R. Plyatt, M. Vinogradova, Yu. Hrzhanovskiy, G. Vitsin, L. Shchagin, A. Gribov, Yu. Yulskaya
- Hooray, the New Year is tomorrow!
- And that means tomorrow there will be a fir-tree!
- But who'll give it to us?
- Grandpa Frost will give us the fir-tree!
- But how will he know that we need one?
- We'll send him a letter!
"To Grandpa Frost from the kids."
- But who will deliver the letter?
- The letter'll be delivered by...
a snowman.
- Snowman?
But where is he?
- Very simple, we'll build him!
Snowman, snowman,
Be a children's postman.
Take this letter, very good, And go into the dark wood!
- Grandpa Frost will get the letter, Find a fir-tree in the wood -
Something fluffy, something better, with green needles would be good!
Bring that fir tree quick, old boy, For the children to enjoy!
- Yeah...
What a quest they've given me!
Go into the wood, find someone in the wood,
and...
and for the children bring...
from that someone some thing.
- Take me along!
- And...
and who are you?
- My name is Buddy!
Take me along!
I will help you find the way.
- You're right!
It's more fun together!
How can one find anything here?
Let's go...
here!
O-or no,
there!
Or, or maybe...
there?
O-or here...
there and here, here and there!
Hey, you!
Whats-your-name...
Could you tell us how to get to...
to.. uh...
- To Grandpa Frost!
We really need to
give him... this.
- Something's not right here...
- This!
Why are you quiet, big-eyes?
You just don't know the way, do you?
- How about I deliver it?
- No!
To me, this
is more valuable than anything!
For this, he'll give me
one that's thi-i-is big!
- What, a hen?
No, even better!
- A duck?
- Oh, stop it!
Much fluffier!
- No way, a goose?
So, apparently, for that letter,
Grandpa Frost will give you whatever you want?
- How about we walk right up to that letter, and... *whistles*
- And then get from Grandpa Frost
for this letter... everything we need!
- What's that you're carrying, neighbor?
Let's share!
- I don't want to share!
It's all mine, so there!
- You don't want to share?
Then I will take it all away!
- Where, where are the dogs?
It must be a roundup!
Ah, so you're the one that dared to wake me!
- We...
we didn't mean to wake you.
W-we were searching for a...
what's his name again?
- For Grandpa Frost!
We don't know where he lives.
- And what do you need him for?
- These kids have bi-buid... built me
and ordered me to deliver this to him.
- A letter?
- Yeah, yeah, that!
But where and how to go,
we don't know!
- Yeah, seems like it's a serious business.
Alright, let's go, I'll show you.
- Thank you!
You saved me.
Oh!
Wait, where's that... that,
what was it?
Oh!
- One, two,
hey-how!
- And again!
- Hey-how!
- To whom?
Me? Let's see.
"To Grandpa Frost..."
Ah, it's from the kids.
Well, well, well, interesting.
Let's see, let's see...
"Dear Grandpa Frost,"
"please send us"-
- A hen! A duck!
- A hare!
- Quiet, quiet!
- A lamb!
- Quiet, I said!
"...please send us a fir-tree."
- Fir-tree?!
- "...please send us a fir-tree.
We really need it. This letter will be handed over to you by
a snowman".
And which of you is the snowman, hmm?
- So, uh, they built me,
and told me to bring you
th-this... what it's called again?
- Letter!
- And these ones
here...
- Stole the letter!
- So that's how it was!
Oh, you scoundrels! You scoundrels!
Next time they'll think twice!
Right.
And for you, snowman, the brave children's postman,
I will give a beautiful fir-tree and a bag of goodies.
You will take it to the kids and say:
"Grandpa Frost wishes everyone a Happy New Year!"
- Hurry, everyone, hurry!
- What a good job by the snowman!
He did it!
- Grandpa Frost himself picked it for him!
- A fluffy one!
- A good one!
- With green needles!
The End (subtitles by Жукороп & Niffiwan, with a bit of help from Eus)