Soyuzmultfilm 1986
Heracles and Admetus
Heracles
the greatest of the heroes of ancient Greece
His twelve Labours,
done while in service of the king of Mycenae, Eurystheus,
have brought glory to his name in the centuries since.
But many other feats of Heracles
are known as well,
maybe the more precious to us
who live in the 20th century.
One of them
is the subject of this film.
The Moirai, the goddesses of fate,
have predicted that I will die soon.
I've lived a short life.
I'm afraid to leave the earthly life behind so early.
Oh, Apollo, I pray to you,
tell me, through Pythia's lips,
could I avoid this death,
so early?
You can
avoid this death
if in the last hour
of your life
someone
agrees voluntarily
to descend instead of you
to the dark realm of Hades.
Oh, Apollo, what joy you give me!
I will not die, I will not die!
Admetus!
I am saved, Alcesta!
I will not die.
I will live on -
Apollo gave a fortunate prophecy.
As soon as you had reached the shore
we already knew everything.
Rumour has arrived before you.
The entire town knows it,
all of your friends.
Are those the sounds of music?
Yes, yes, I ordered a feast to be held
and it will last the whole week
I will not go to the underworld
if someone else agrees to go instead of me.
Hermes?
As you can see, you won't find someone who'll save you here.
Go around the world
it is big
there are people whose life is null and humiliating
worse then Tartarus, as they often say themselves.
Yes - in war people don't spare lives,
neither their own nor others'.
Death feasts there.
There you will find what you're looking for.
I've always won, and this time I won't die either!
The enemy will die from this sword!
I am also fighting to win!
My true protector is this shield!
For him who decided to leave this world voluntarily
there is no reason to go to battle.
He would just get in the way!
Victory, victory, Admetus!
Heroes are my warriors!
Athena herself guided them!
Look, look, Admetus!
The winged Nike is accompanying us!
We won!
Look, look, Admetus!
May your days be long in this world, good man,
May the good accompany you in it.
There is not much time for me left to live in this world.
My name is Admetus.
Admetus...
Admetus? Oh yes, I've heard...
you would die earlier than you should.
Oh yes, I've heard...
Woeful is your fate.
But if someone else agreed
to go to Tartarus instead of me, I would be saved.
Tell me, will I find any other man more unfortunate than you?
No house, no one close to you, expelled by the crowd,
tell me, what is such a life good for?
I can be happy too...
in the night one freezes to death like a dog in the street,
but in the morning the sun warms me, the birds sing,
then just the thought that I'm still living makes me happy.
No, voluntarily to Tartarus I will not go, no...
Admetus?
Nobody cares that I will die...
...will die, and will never more be in this world
Hermes, what is this?
You are being buried.
Your final day has come.
And who is this?
This is Thanatos, the god of death.
What does he want?
To drink the sacred blood.
As soon as he has done that,
your soul will fly away to that place from where it can never return.
No, I still have one more day.
My final day.
It's mine.
My final day has come
Live, Admetus!
I will descend to the realm of the shadows and die instead of you.
You will live!
Alcesta!
When you said "live, Admetus!"
I felt
as if your soul
touched mine.
Yes, I felt this touch.
And where is my friend Admetus?
Start the dinner alone,
he will soon join you.
And where is my friend Admetus?
He begs your pardon,
he will be here soon.
Ah, Hermes...
Alone? Bored?
I do not understand this.
I am served wonderfully,
but the hosts are absent
and the servants are like shadows in the underworld.
Ah, let me invite you to lay at the table with me!
Do you mind me taking along some friends?
Wonderful! And ladle wine for all!
What's the matter?
You feel unhappy? Then lay at the table and drink, I will pour you myself!
Oh, poor Admetus...
Admetus' wife, Alcesta...
Why didn't they tell me right away?
Admetus asked them to keep it quiet.
And say nothing about Alcesta's death?
Yes, in order not disturb your repose
with the tears of his sadness.
Dear me, Admetus...!
Let's continue our cheerful feast!
No, I have to do something...
Fate cannot be changed.
Fate cannot be changed...
Yes, it's too late, Heracles.
The gods of Tartarus are already awaiting their sacrifices.
Thanatos is already flying to Alcesta's bed
to carry away her soul
and take it to Tartarus forever.
Let me drink the sacred blood to my pleasure!
Fiendish mob!
You won't get this soul!
What do you want?
Alcesta's soul!
Despised mortal!
Admetus, Admetus yesterday's guest is coming!
Heracles?
Heracles, we thought you had already left,
and regretted we couldn't say our goodbyes
I also regretted leaving without having said goodbye.
By the way, there is a woman here with me.
I give her to you as a present, Admetus
in gratitude for your hospitality.
No, no, no!
Admetus, I swear to you,
you won't find a better woman than her in the whole world!
At least take a look at her!
What a woman is facing you!
Admetus, look, it's your Alcesta!
Alive! oh, gods! look, Admetus!
She has returned from Tartarus! Oh, gods!
Alive, Alcesta is alive!
But why is she silent?
Is she a ghost?
For three days she won't say a word.
She has to make redemptive sacrifices to the gods.
Heracles, you saved her!
Oh, great son of Zeus, you returned the joy of my life to me!
Stay with us!
Ah, Diomedes' horses!!
I have to hurry on, for the cause of Eurystheus.
Written and directed by Anatoliy Petrov art directors: Lyudmila Lobanova & Anatoliy Petrov
music Shandor Kallosh sound Vladimir Kutuzov camera Mihail Druyan
editor Natalya Stepantseva assistant director L. Morozova
animators Vladimir Zarubin, Galina Zebrova artists T. Agafonova, Yelena Karavayeva, Aleksandr Markelov, Erast Meladze
Galina Barinova, Victoria Makina, G.Petrova,
voices: Innokenty Smoktunovsky, Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Anton Voyevodin, Oleg Mokshantsev, Anna Kamenkova, Pyotr Vishnyakov, Mihaill Tsarev, Armen Dzhigarhanyan
script editor Yelena Nikitkina executive producer Lyubov Butyrina
The End Subs by Anonymous, Niffiwan, Eus Feb 2021 (RTVi version)