Cine studio Soyuzmultfilm
Daphne
Scriptwriter and Director Anatoly Petrov
Art-direction Ludmila Lobanova & Anatoly Petrov
Camera Michael Druyan Sound Vladimir Kutuzov
Animator Anatoly Petrov Art L. Biryulova, D. Brodova
Voice artists: Tamara Semina, Tatiana Kanayeva, S. Dirina, Timothy Spivak,
montage Natalia Stepantseva script editor Elena Nikitkina
executive producer Elena Vassina
That day all Olympus came to me.
All the Gods were against you being born.
- Why? - They were afraid of love.
Yes, yes. And they wished your death!
But I saved you. Now, we will take revenge on the Gods.
- How will we take revenge? - Through love!
Do you see how fearsome that God is? His name is Phoebus Apollo.
Go. Try out the power of your weapon on him!
What do you want, my child, with such a dangerous weapon?
Do you want to achieve greater glory than me?
Your arrows can strike anyone, Phoebus Apollo
But my arrow will strike...YOU.
What is this?
Love! My name is Eros!
Eros!? You're still alive?!
Eros!, ros, ros, ros...
What... is this...
Love... you... Are the first to experience it!
- Love... - Love? What's that, "Love"?
No one knows... I am the first to feel it.
Eros shot an arrow, it pierced my chest. Right here.
- Strange. - Strange...
Destiny promised a lot of troubles from the arrows of Eros,
but I feel no evil... On the contrary,
I'm happy.
What do you feel?
Hey! Hey, Eros, are you there? Come down, don't be afraid.
I'm not afraid!
You did well. The arrow hit the target.
In other words: You were a great Archer!
Take a look at this arrow: it is our revenge!
- Does it kill?... - It kills love. The nymph will feel disgusted by Apollo.
- So, what do you feel? - Inside of me, it's somehow...
Don't miss your target. Aim at the nymph.
No! I don't yet know the words for it! But you... are the reason!
- What's the matter? - Let me go! I do not like your touch!
And anyway, what do you want from me?
What would I want from her? Me, Phoebus... God... Son of Zeus!
What am I, some shepherd?
I am a diviner, a healer, a hero,
I fought the giant monster Python!
Wait a minute! Where are you going?
I didn't even ask you your name.
Daphne, I am called.
But... it does not matter! Leave me alone!
But do not run away! I am not a wolf, you're not a sheep - I won't eat you!
I won't touch you. But hear me out!
Okay, fine. I'm listening.
But be swift and don't touch!
When you ran off, I did not want to chase you,
but there remained a void in me.
A wrenching emptiness, hurting like a deep wound.
Are you done talking? Then listen to me: I am not happy when you're near me.
-When you are near me, I'm happy.
Your voice, your movements... all those secret pleasures,
your running away tortures me!
Your touch disgusts me as touching a snake or a spider.
You must understand you belong to me already, you are a part of me!
Leave me alone! Don't pursue me any longer!
It's like a hot coal burns inside me ...
I would tear it away... I think I see my way out!
Hey, mortal, give me your sword!
Ha-ha-ha! That's to no avail!
Here is the only cure to this eternal torment:
this arrow will kill the love inside you.
- Hold on! What about the joy that I felt when I saw her?
It will disappear along with the torment.
No, no. Stop it. I do not want to lose this joy...
And I do not even want to lose this torment!
- Ha-ha-ha! So be it.
- Oh yes, Aphrodite triumphs...
But she triumphs only while I have not captured Daphne!
I am God! I am almighty! And I, like a slave, was asking for a thing
that I could simply take by force!
Ah-ah-ah! Him again!!
I have become a wolf, but you are to blame for it!
Well then, become my prey!!
Help me! Anyone who has power to help!
Oh Earth, tear open and consume him! He causes me to feel nothing but suffering!
My strength is gone! There, finally, the river!
Father! Father! My father!
There is divine strength in your water, help me!
My appearance, it evokes a savage passion in him for my flesh.
Give me a different appearance! Chest, arms, legs, change everything!
Oh! Daphne, Daphne! My nymph!
What have you done!
("Daphne" means "laurel")
All right. So be it. You'll still be with me forever!
Great is thy glory, Phoebus Apollo! But my glory will surpass yours!
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