The Hippopotamus and the Dream
screenwriter Guram Petriashvili
director Iosif Samsonadze
art directors Iosif Samsonadze, T. Shelikadze
camera Ts. Kenchuashvili
composer N. Mamisashvili sound T. Tevzadze
animators Iosif Samsonadze, M. Dekanosidze, L. Genebashvili, N. Padalka, M. Gelman
script editor E. Kasradze music editor T. Shavlohashvili
How nice that was!..
What? What was nice?
That, which I saw.
What did you see? What's with you?
That, which was on the ground, in the air, and all around...
...it was so full of colours!
Why are you lying?
I'm not lying! If you could only see,
how beautiful it was!..
But why did we not see anything?
Weren't we all lying in the same puddle?
I saw all these colours in another place...
What do you mean, "another place"?
I was in another place - that's where I saw it.
I guess somebody took me there... and then brought me back.
Liar!
He lies!
I'm not lying!
I myself don't know what happened,
but I really did see all those colours!
Get away from us!
- Run! - Clear off!
I wonder,
how was I led away?..
And how was I brought back?..
Follow me.
Who are you?
Don't ask anything, just follow my voice.
Here... here!
Stay here
Close your eyes, and don't open them
until you can feel that the world has flowered...
How nice!!!
You like it?
Were you the one who brought me here?
And later, I'll need to return?
Do you really want to return?
No, I don't!
But I did return, earlier...
That was a dream.
And now, am I dreaming?
No, this is all real!
Real?!
So I can stay here?!?
You can!
Great!
Get away from us!
- He lies! - He lies!
Butterfly, my dear, quickly - take me back!
I found it!
What did you find, fool?
The flower meadow
that I saw in my dream.
If this is some trick of yours...!
THE END (subs - Niffiwan @ animatsiya.net)
Filmed on "Svema" film (Shostka Chemical Plant)