Creative Association "Ekran" 1985
THE BLUE ARROW Based on a tale by Gianni Rodari
What a beauty!
There... This is for Gianni.
Ah! And this is for Marcello.
And this? Oh.
Who ordered this doll?
Ah! Right. This was for Angela!
That boy is here again.
Signora Fairy!
Quickly, shut the door!
Signora Fairy...
Well now, what do you want?
You came again to beg for the Blue Arrow?!
Signora! I really love this blue train
As I recall, your name is Francesco?
Yes, signora?
You're not on the list!
- But Sig... - And anyway, I'm busy right now!
I do not have time to talk to you!
I still have 1000 things to do!
But Signora Fairy. I have not ever received a gift from you!
Well! I now got it wrong again...
Will you please go away?!
What's she saying to him?
[Closed until tomorrow]
Everyone wants to get fancy gifts from the fairy.
But nobody wants to pay...
On credit only...
As if I am no fairy, but some kind of sausage maker...
He has it in his head to get "The Blue Arrow"! And that's the most expensive toy!
Maybe he'd like all the passengers too?!
You heard? You heard? She will not give him a gift this year, either!
- She has no heart! - Poor, poor Francesco!
I would like to be his gift!
He could play with me!
Boys like to play with soldiers!
Francesco dreams of "The Blue Arrow"
Let's ride to him on "The Blue Arrow"!
Oh! I'd really love to ride through the city!
Yes! But we don't know where he lives!
I can find us the way! After all, I'm a dog!
That's a riot! Discipline should come first!
If you don't want to go, you're welcome to stay in this dusty shop window!
To stay under the command of that old Fairy?!
No way! Let's go!
We're going! Hurray! We're going! Hurray!
Signori, please take to your seats!
The train will depart at midnight sharp!
New Year!* *(Christmas time in Russia)
Sigh! A holiday for some, but a busy day for me...
I must deliver a thousand gifts to children, and all in one night!
Stolen!
The Blue Arrow!
What is all this?!
Could Francesco have done this?!
That no-good boy!
Thieves! Robbers!
Help! Help me!
Stop!
What's going on?!
The enemy! The cavalry is moving on us!
We could be discovered!
Quiet! Be quiet! They might hear us!
Just imagine!
Stealing toys on New Year's eve!
If I were as rich as a fairy-tale fairy,
I would give away gifts to all free of charge!
Worn out with age...
Oh, how cheerful it is and beautiful!
Yes-yes-yes! Very festive!
Allow me to invite you to dance a waltz!
We have to go!
Orchestra? Waltz!
Dance! Everybody dance!
But we have to go to Francesco!
Lat's stay here a little longer!
The dog is right! We must hurry along!
Hurry, signori! The train is about to depart!
Oh! Oh! He will drown!
Save him! Save him!
All right! I will help him!
Hold on to me!
I'm made of wood, so we will not drown.
Above us flies an enemy aircraft!
Pull! Quicky! Quickly!
Strange...
I thought I saw "The Blue Arrow"
But where did they disappear?
As if the earth swallowed them up...
I don't get it.
We will have to stay here forever...
Mice!
No. It's not mice! It's me.
It's just that I am afraid.
Quiet! Quiet! They might hear us!
- There is another way. - The backdoor!
What happened?
The footprints...
...are gone!
What do you mean, "gone"? Francesco couldn't have flown away!
The snow made the tracks disappear!
We came so far, and all for nothing!
What should we do?
The train cannot move in such a snowstorm.
We'll have to wait.
I will not stay with you!
I'll go look for Francesco on my own!
What? In such a snowstorm you won't find him!
I'll search the whole town!
All done!
Now I can fly home!
But this weather's no good for flying!
Must be nice, flying under an umbrella!
In our epoch of airplanes...
Huh, just you mind your own business.
- What did you say, signora...? - I said...
Let's go!
Aha! The Blue Arrow!
So there you are!
We wanted to find Francesco!
- But we didn't find him. - He will surely come here, though!
Well then, little fugitives,
have it your way.
We will arrange a party for all the kids!
Stay here!
Oh, who do you belong to?
What's your name?
Oh, you!
Let go of me! I did nothing wrong!
Let's go. Let's go!
We'll sort it out!
All day and night! Give me a break!
Blimey!
I caught the thief!
Signora! Signora, I did nothing wrong!
"Thief"? What nonsense!
Immediately release the boy!
But, signora! Yesterday you said he stole your toys!
"Yesterday" was last year!
But today is a new year!
Please keep your jokes to yourself, signora!
Please release the boy, at once!
Suit yourself, signora...
Happy New Year!
- A dog?! - He is my friend, signora!
I've seen him somewhere before... He looks like...
Oh, no, that one was smaller...
Besides, that dog couldn't bark...
Would you want to work for me? - Of course!
Just think, me working for a real fairy!
I recall you wanted "The Blue Arrow"?
Ah, signora, now I have a job. I do not have time to play!
Nevertheless, run to Central Square, to the holiday tree.
Tomorrow, we will put new toys in the window.
Sure!
screenwriter O. Shvedova
directors Iosif Doushka, Maya Buzinova
art director Galina Beda camera Igor Rogachevskiy
composer Viktor Babushkin sound Vitaliy Azarovskiy
animators Maya Buzinova, Alla Solovyova, Tatyana Molodova
voices Tatyana Peltser (Fairy), Yuriy Medvedev, Lyudmila Gnilova, Svetlana Travkina, Tatyana Bozhok, S. Fedosov
puppets made by Gennadiy Bogachyov, Yelena Pokrovskaya, Yuriy Odintsov,
A. Mulyukina, Victor Sletkov, Boris Karavayev, Anatoliy Kuznetsov,
Nadezhda Lyarskaya, Anatoliy Gnedinsky, Valeriy Petrov
montage S. Simuhina script editor Alisa Feodoridi production director Ye. Bobrovskaya
The End
(c) Creative association "Ekran" USSR State Ratio, 1985
Translation by Zhurka75, subs by Eus (Aug 2019), revised by Niffiwan (Jan 2024)