Produced by film studio "Soyuzmultfilm", 1955
Vladimir Suteyev "What Sort of Bird is That?"
director Yevgeniy Migunov composer Nikita Bogoslovskiy
art directors Yevgeniy Migunov, Boris Korneyev
camera Nikolay Voinov sound Nikolay Prilutskiy
assistant director L. Kovalevskaya installation assistant N. Mayorova
animators Fyodor Hitruk, Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, Vladimir Pekar, Dmitriy Belov
animators Boris Butakov, Igor Podgorskiy, Lidiya Reztsova
backgrounds Lana Azarkh, Irina Svetlitsa lyrics Yevgeniy Migunov
There once lived...
...a goose.
A goose like any other.
Only he was very envious.
What?!
Hello, goose!
- Where are you off to? - To another page.
He doesn't like it when people tell the truth about him.
What a neck!
Swan, hey, swan,
let's trade necks!
- What do you mean "necks"? - Very simple.
I give you my neck, and you give me yours.
Yours is no good, anyway.
- What do you mean "no good"? - It's very simple:
eat a fish today, and you'll be full tomorrow.
Well, let's trade - I'm in a hurry.
I really don't know... well, all right.
They traded necks. The goose walked on.
Now that's a nose!
No longer a goose, but not yet a swan.
Big deal! I don't want to be a swan at all.
Who, then?
Let's trade noses, then you'll see.
Interesting. But you'd better untie yourself first,
because you won't be able to untie yourself later, with my nose.
Bravo! Bravo!
Beautiful!
Hey, you, fly over here!
I have business with you.
Business? With me?
Can't you fly?
"Can't", "Can't"...
Can you swim?
Well, I'd be able to, but my legs get in the way.
Your legs get in the way?
Hey, you know what?..
Peacock, hey, peacock!
Our goose became unlike anyone...
I changed my neck, and nose, and tail, Of course, for a reason.
This goose was much too simple, once, This goose was much too simple, once,
Without a rainbow tail.
Now this goose outshines everyone, This goose outshines them all.
All the birds, seeing my success, All the birds, seeing my success,
Quite envy me. Let them!
All of them envy me - let them! I really am quite glad.
The birds will all gasp "What a goose!" The birds will all sigh "What a goose!"
The birds will all quack "What a goose!" When they see my attire!
What a goose!
I don't see anything funny!
Hey, why is everyone laughing?
- What, you don't like it? - No.
Why don't you go to our wise owl
and trade your stupidity for her wisdom.
Then no one will laugh at you.
Why not? I'll go!
Owl, hey, owl!
Who's that?...
- Ah, it's you, goose. - Me.
Owl, owl, let's trade!
I'll give you my stupidity,
and you give me your wisdom.
Why would I need your stupidity?
I'll share my wisdom with you for free.
Well, if you're so very wise, tell me:
Why does everyone laugh at me?
No, you tell me first!
- You traded necks with a swan? - Uh-huh.
- You traded noses with a pelican? - Uh-huh.
- Traded wings with a crow? - Uh-huh.
Traded legs with a crane?
Finagled a tail from a peacock?
And the rooster's comb and "cock-a-doodle-doo" to boot?
You laugh.
So in your opinion, did it make them better?
"Better"?
What a thing to say!
That's why they don't show their faces in public any more.
And rightly so!
What?!
What did you say?
"Don't show their faces"?
I say that it's not right for a smart bird
to take pride in someone else's feathers.
So that's it!
Our goose went back and on the way home
returned everything he had traded.
Hello, goose! Ah, at last, now you at least look like a real bird.
- So, you gave everything back? - Uh-huh.
Oh! I forgot to return the owl's wisdom.
Why would she need more wisdom? She's smart already.
Better keep that wisdom for yourself - it'll come in handy.
Heh, that's true!
Have you ever met a bird like this in your life?
So you have. Then let's close this page.
The End Subs by Lemicnor, Eus & Niffiwan September 2025