Soyuzmultfilm 1978
Samuil Yakovlev Marshak A FANTASTIC TALE based on English nursery rhymes for children
Hey, diddle, diddle The cat and the fiddle
Hey, diddle, diddle
The cat is playing the violin The fish are dancing on the platter
The cow jumped over the moon The cups ran away with the spoon* *(original English)
And the horses are a-laughing. "Oh boy," they say, "what miracles!"
Of Boys and Girls* *(What are boys made of?)
(So) What are little boys made of? (So) What are little boys made of?
Frogs and snails, And puppy-dogs' tails; That's what little boys are made of.
(And) What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice, And all that's nice; That's what little girls are made of.
Robbin, a bobbin, the big-bellied Ben,*
Robbin, a bobbin, the big-bellied Ben, He ate more meat than threescore men;*
He nuzzled up an ox in the morning two lambs, a ram and still he was yearning
He ate a cow, he ate a calf, He ate a butcher and a half;*
He ate a church, he ate a steeple, He ate the priest and all the people.
And yet he still had the gall To complain he wasn't full.
Can't be! Can't be!
Cannot be! * (As I went to Bonner)
Upon my word and honor, As I went to Bonner (Yesterday at half past five)
I met two pigs Who wore no wigs!
That cannot be! - Upon my word and honor
(Yesterday at half past five) I met two pigs Who wore no wigs!
Upon my word and honor - That cannot be!
An evening conversation
An old lady and a cat well, down for tea they sat
and had a pleasant evening chat. What about? The lady said:
Pussy cat, pussy cat, Tell me, could you catch a rat?
"Murr", the cat purred. 'Twas barely heard.
- Pussy cat, where today have you been? - I've been down to London to visit the Queen.
The English queen you have seen?
To the English queen you have been!?
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
I've been to London to look at the queen.
The English queen?
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse under her chair
- What did you see in her court? - Saw? A small mouse on the carpet!
A small mouse on the carpet!
Three wise men
Three wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl,
And if the bowl had been stronger, My tale would have been longer.
Scenario & direction Andrey Hrzhanovskiy
art director Natalia Orlova artist Yuriy Batanin
music Vladimir Martynov the vocal-instrumental ensemble "Madrigal"
camera Kabul Rasulov sound Vladimir Kutuzov montage Lyubov Georgiyeva
Assistants: Ye. Kredushinskaya T. Sokolskaya, L. Krutovskaya
animators Elvira Avakiyan, Natalia Barkovskaya, Iosif Kuroyan, Yuriy Batanin, Aleksandr Gorlenko, Anatoliy Abarenov, Vladimir Palchikov
voices Tatyana Reshyotnikova, Vladimir Osenev, Georgiy Georgiu, L. Korneva, Gotlib Roninson, Petya Degtyarev
script editor Raisa Frichinskaya production director Lyubov Butyrina
The End Subs by Eus & Niffiwan, 2019-2022, mixing original rhymes, translation & poetic improvisation