Soyuzmultfilm
Two Tickets to India
written by Kir Bulychyov
directed by Roman Kachanov
art direction Yelena Bogolyubova, Olga Bogolyubova
cameraman Kabul Rasulov
music Yuriy Saulskiy sound Vladimir Kutuzov
animators A. Abarenov, Antonina Alyoshina, Marina Voskanyants, I. Kuroyan, Aleksandr Panov, Marina Rogova
assistant-director Tatyana Lytko artists Aleksey Shelmanov, Viktoriya Makina
montage Yelena Belyavskaya script editor Natalya Abramova
voice artists Yuriy Andreyev, Mariya Vinogradova, Yuriy Volyntsev, Olga Gromova, N. Zorskaya, A. Kaydanovskiy, R. Suhoverko, V. Ferapontov, V. Filippov
executive producer Liliana Monahova
Attention, we're making our final orbit.
Get ready for landing.
Kossum, there's a fly on the screen!
Do you hear me, Kossum?
Loud and clear, Trankverri.
Drive it away!
Kossum!... It's... on the inside!
It's...
Don't torment the cat!
Nobody asked you!
Let her go, I tell you! Hey!
Stop it! Stop it!
Oh! Cat-lover!
Take that!
You're all going hiking!
Only the pioneers Yulia Gribkova and Dima Semyonov will remain in the camp.
Do you understand?
Yes...
You're weird, Yulia. Are you always like this?
You seem to love every animal you meet.
Yeah, and you seem to torment every animal you meet!
I, torment animals? It was a scientific experiment!
Look!
There's nothing there.
What are you on about?
Me?... Nothing. I'll be off...
Yulia!
Who's here?
Excuse me! Please, don't be afraid!
Why should I be?
Then please, come here, you brave being!
Where are you?
Take two steps to your right.
Not to the left but right!
Oh! I'm sorry.
This is crazy!
Who are you?
Trankverri. I am a professor.
You escaped from a zoo?
No. I come from a planet Geda.
Geda? And you look all like this?
Well, the inhabitants of the Geda can take any shape.
I see. So... why are you here?
Because of a fly. The auto-pilot threw me out while Kossum flew on to India,
to a symposium on the protection of the animals of the galaxy.
I'm supposed to be there too...
India is far away, but we'll think of something!
You are a brave and smart girl!
Really?
Really!
Thank you, professor.
Wait for me here tomorrow morning.
Yulia! Yulia!
Now you will see Trankverri!
Oh, I understand! You found a tadpole!? Or warmed up to a scorpion?
Nope, guess again!
Trankverri?
Trankverri!
Oh... I am very sorry! I slept in a tree... it seemed safer.
This is Dima.
Nice to meet you.
I'm professor Trankverri.
Trankverri?
Sorry!
That's the police. Let's ask them for help.
No way!
They'd want to get in touch with Geda and find out who I am...
...and that would take a few light-years!
A bit much.
A bit much indeed!
A tiger with some children has been spotted in the vicinity of your camp!
With cubs?
No, pioneers!
So, right, this situation calls for a police dog.
I have an idea!
Here we can hide, and in the morning we will go to my home.
Grandma will help us.
All right.
Come out! I'll count to three! One! Two! Three!
No one here.
Rex! Search!
Gerald Durrell's "A Zoo in My Luggage"...
Gribkova was here!
We'll soon reach the highway.
Hide! A helicopter!
Ah, I'll ride like the wind in a field, That's a coachman's life.
Grandpa lived in a yurt, while I Live in the cabin of a truck.
My grandson in a rocket over our planet Traces pretzel-shapes.
And under him are The fields, the seas, the Earth.
Oh, coachman, harness A hundred horses in a rocket,
Oh, coachman, drive The rocket in the sky, don't be shy.
We skip over the years as over roads, Moving ever faster!
A year in a week, and Seconds instead of days!
The planet Earth flies with me, After the moon, and the star of the night,
The wagon rides to the zenith, While the bell keeps ringing...
The professor will come with me now and you, Dima, come to us tomorrow morning.
Okay, I'll be there.
Yulia, what happened?
Nothing. Please don't be frightened, grandma.
Trankverri, come in.
Good evening.
Grandma! This is a professor from the planet Geda. And you...!
But when I did my studies, professors looked different.
Professor, come in and relax.
There on the floor is an Indian carpet.
Indian? That's wonderful!
Now, Yulia, tell me everything.
So, we begin "Operation Tiger".
You, Professor, we'll hand to the circus. Tomorrow, it goes on tour to India.
Do you understand?
I understand, but... I am afraid I won't manage it!
You will manage. The main thing is to roar loudly!
And now I'll call Kolya Yasnov. We went to kindergarten together.
Hello, is this the circus? Please get me trainer Yasnov.
Hi, Kolya! It's me, Vera Gribkova. I urgently need you.
Now you, Professor, go hide for now.
My name is Nikolay Nikolayevich Yasnov.
Yulia Gribkova.
Nice to meet you.
I have a tiger. And you will take him into your troupe.
An untested animal in my troupe? You're crazy, Verochka!
Take it easy!
You see how clever he is?
Hmm... okay, I will test him out today!
And if I like him, I'll order him a ticket to India.
Two tickets, please. I will fly with you.
Trained Lions and the Tiger Trakverri
A ticket to India. One place. Flight today.
Who's there?
Where is her ticket?
I moved it into this pocket.
Why?
In order not to lose it.
What are we going to do now?
We're going to see off Trankverri. That's what.
Say good-bye to him.
Good-bye. Give my regards to Semyonov.
Grandma, Semyonov is in there!
Tranki, you wouldn't consider staying?
No. Kossum is waiting for me.
Good-bye, Kolya.
Good-bye, Tranki.
- Kossum! - Trankverri!
Hi, Professor!
Hello, Yulia!
We flew over to say goodbye to you.
Wonderful.
Hello!
You're a thief.
Dear Trankverri! You have been added into the Red Book.
What book?
The Red Book. It is for recording, excuse me professor, rare animal species, to protect them.
Other than you, a Bengal tiger was also added, but nobody can find it.
Well. Then I'll stay with you until you find it.
And you, Kossum, have also been added! You are very similar to the Abominable Snowman which no-one has yet seen.
Then I'll stay, too.
So that people can take a good look at me.
Very good. Now I'll treat you to some buns.
I specially baked them for you. Please, take your seats and eat!
THE END Trans. by Chapaev & Niffiwan, timings by Eus SOYUZMULTFILM 1985