Creative association "Ekran" 1975
THE BLACK HEN An adaptation of A.Pogorelskiy's "The Black Hen, or Living Underground"
Nigella! Nigella...
Nigella!
Did you miss me? Huh?
Oh, how black you are...
I must go. I need to study.
Do not touch Nigella! Leave her alone!
Scared? Don't be afraid! He flew away.
Alyosha! Alyosha!
Alyosha. Who's there?
Nigella!
You want me to go with you?
Alyosha, I asked you to be careful, didn't I?
Don't you recognize me?
Could it be... Are you... Nigella...
You're a kind boy, Alyosha.
Yesterday you saved Nigella's life.
We decided to thank you.
Your friend will show you our gardens.
From it you will choose yourself a gift.
This is our garden, Alyosha.
The fruits of this tree can make you wise.
Here mature the seeds of kindness.
And this is the tree of health.
Say what gift you want to get from us?
Any your wish will be fulfilled.
I would hope... wanted... never to learn my lessons!
And still know them better than anyone.
Is that possible?
I never thought you were such a slacker.
But there's nothing for it, I must fulfill my promise.
Now, Alyosha, remember the main thing:
you should not tell anyone about us!
If you do not keep our secrets
- Our garden will die.
And we ourselves will have to go to far away lands.
I'll never tell anyone.
So remember it then! Otherwise I would get severely punished.
So what happened to me was not a dream?
You practiced this morning? Commendable! Bravo, Alyosha!
Haha! So now I can be the best!
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! Perfect!
Name the main masts of a ship.
Main masts of a ship... Main masts of a ship...
The ship's sails are: boom-klever, klever, front stay sail, front topsail, mainsail, topgallant sail...
Why did you interrupt?
I didn't ask you to answer.
Ha! Because I - I know everything better!
Pride shames ability.
It wouldn't hurt you to be more modest. Ha, you think so?!
If you know everything better, then you please learn these verses here.
Latin? Nonsense! I will learn them.
I'm the best!
I've become the best!
The best! The best! The best! The best! The best! The best! The best! I'm the best!
What's going on? Have you learned the lesson?
I know my lesson! Then read it right now!
- Oh... I... I do not remember... - Learn your lesson, until you know!
Where did it go?
Oh... What to do? What to do?
Oh... Nigella, help!
Come, Nigella!
Nigella.
Oh... Did you forget me?
I can not forget you, Alyosha.
Though, right now you do not look like the boy who saved me...
You were a good boy. Correct yourself, before it is too late, Alyosha.
I surely will correct myself.
Oh, It's not so easy to get rid of vices, Alyosha,
as they take the better of us.
Well, goodbye, it's time for me to leave.
I will change radically now.
- I know the lesson! - You know the lesson? Is that true?
- When did you learn it? - Just now!
You're lying! And deserve punishment!
The cane! Tell the guys to apply their canes!
Don't... Don't! I don't want to! I'm not guilty!
No! You lied and you will be punished!
I'm not guilty, I was helped! By the Black Hen!
She, he lives there, there, in the picture, in the underworld!
You do not believe? You do not believe me?
Come, come with me.
- All these tales! - Come to the picture.
Look! Look! It's there!
The tales you always tell! Lies!
I was there.
I'll show you a seed!
Nigella, sorry.
Nigella, forgive me! I'm sorry!
Nigella! Nigella!
Pretty Nigella, forgive me!
Goodbye, we will not meet anymore...
Nigella, I'm sorry...
Forgive me if you can...
I forgive you - you saved my life, but today we lost our gardens, Alyosha.
And we need to go.
Your indiscretion ruined us.
Do not cry.
Only with one thing can you comfort me -
try to correct yourself and be the same kind boy
that you were before. Goodbye.
Screenplay: V. Konovalova Director: Yuriy Trofimov
Art-directors: Yuriy Trofimov, Ye.Bogolyubova Camera: Ye.Turevich
Music: A.Rybnikov Sound: V.Azarovskiy Animators: A.Grishko, A.Degtyarev
P.Petrov O.Degtyareva Puppets: R.Fedin, B.Karavayev, I.Kiselyova
Ye.Gagarina, A.Mulyukina, N.Koltunova, M Bogachyov under the guidance of V.Shafranyuka
Montage S.Simukhina Voice actors: Z.Gerdt, A.Konsovskiy
V.Gorelov, K.Rumyanova Script editor: A.Timofeyevskiy
Subtitles by Chapaev & Eus (ed. Niffiwan) January 2021
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