UKRANIMAFILM
YULIA'S BIRTHDAY
In a certain school, there studied a very pretty young lady.
She was named Yulia.
As is true of any pretty young lady,
Yulia had her own boyfriend.
She liked him,
and of course, he liked her too.
Therefore, they both agreed that when they finished school,
they would immediately get married.
But one day, her boyfriend went out riding,
crashed,
and died.
Yulia cried for a while,
and then gradually forgot her biker.
One day, it was Yulia's birthday.
Guests came to visit her.
They were eating, drinking and dancing.
When we kiss my heart's on fire
Burning with a strange desire
Among them was Yulia's new husband-to-be.
A young and interesting fellow - he worked as a diplomat in America.
...That your heart's on fire too
So my darling please surrender (Surrender!)
All your love so warm and tender
(Surrender!)
Let me hold you in my arms, dear
While the moon shines bright above...
Suddenly, someone's heavy palms rested on Yulia's shoulders.
How horrible!
It was the bloodied biker.
- Yulia! Yulia!
You'd promised to marry me!
- No! - Yes!
- No! You're dead!
- You will be sorry!
Since that day, it was as if Yulia was replaced by someone else.
Something bad began to happen to her.
She'd sit quietly all day long,
look around her, but it was as if she could see nothing.
A little longer, and Yulia would have been snuffed out, like a candle,
if it hadn't been for an old woman who was scary as a witch.
- Look, Yulia!
Your soul is now in the city of the dead!
...said the old woman,
- And it will remain there forever, if someone kisses it.
But I will teach you what to do.
When I die,
you will go to the church
where I will be lying in my coffin,
and read psalms over me
for three nights.
Then at sunrise, you'll lift me from my coffin,
and carry me to the cemetery.
When you lie down in my spot,
and they bury you,
you will end up in Magonia,
the city of the dead -
don't waste any time there,
but find your soul as fast as you can!
When you find it, you must say:
"Soul! Soul! Come to me!"
Now Yulia was walking across the city of the dead.
She was astonished,
for she knew just where to go -
as if she was being led.
Yulia saw a house - it was the right one, she was sure.
She climbed the stairs, and entered an apartment.
When we kiss, my heart's on fire...
Inside, a wedding party was in full swing.
Dead guests were sitting at the table,
and in their midst were the newlyweds:
the bloodied biker, and Yulia's soul.
The guests yelled "Kiss!"
"Kiss me!" said the biker.
Then, Yulia yelled:
"Soul! Soul! Come to me!"
Yulia's soul rejoiced, and flew to Yulia.
And connected with her!
Yulia once more became warm inside, and happy.
But the dead ones yelled "hold her!"
"Hold her!"
It was in vain.
Yulia was already far away.
She walked on beneath the ground,
while all around her a furious wind raged,
blasting her face with sand.
Yulia didn't know where to look for the exit.
She fell onto the sand
and could go no further.
"I'll have to lie here," thought Yulia,
"and my diplomat up there will probably marry somebody else!"
Oh, there was the exit!
Right in New York,
where Yulia's husband-to-be was serving as a dipomat.
And here was the man himself!
The diplomat was overjoyed by Yulia's sudden appearance!
They were quickly married,
and began living happily ever after.
screenwriter V. Ronshin director N. Marchenkova
art director S. Sashnikov
composer V. Hrapachov
camera I. Sergeyeva sound Yu. Nechesa
animators A. Golovanov, N. Marchenkova
narrator R. Bilyy
assistants K. Sviridovska, N. Antimonova
montage Yu. Srebnytskoy script editor S. Kutsenko
production director V. Rudenko
The End (subtitles by Niffiwan)
(c) "Ukranimafilm" studio, 1994