WHAT'S THE STAKE HERE?
Misha and Masha lived in the city centre in a coop apartment and so furnished it as to earn the envy of all they knew.
On this evening they were expecting the Pahomovs to visit.
Oh, these people!
They show up and then you have to talk to them all evening.
What about?
Now we're going to sit around all evening like damned souls.
Yes, all evening.
Like damned souls.
Hello!
Oh, we are so glad to see you!
Ah-ha-ha-ha.
Here we are, here we are.
The metro's packed, the trolley-busses are packed.
Hello.
Come in, have a seat at the table.
- Don't you fuss. - Don't you worry.
- We only just... - ...ate, back home.
Back home doesn't count.
If you've come on a visit,
you must certainly have something to eat.
Please come in!
I...
I've always been interested in the question:
What does a person eat for?
My husband is a philosopher by nature.
My husband is also a philosopher by nature.
People eat in order to live.
What about a worm?
What does it eat for?
All husbands are philosophers by nature.
A worm also eats in order to live.
So, a person is the same as a worm?
Have you been to the Contemporary Theatre?
No, why?
So you haven't seen "The Naked King"?
No. Why?
You know what it's about? There's a king.
A man, basically. He...
...runs across the stage naked.
How's that, naked?
Just like that. Naked.
Yet I think, in the context of this artist,
there is somewhat of a lack of subtext.
Somewhat somewhere.
Yeah, somehow somewhat somewhere.
Say, have you been to see La Scala?
How they sing! How they sing!
And so loudly!
Heminguay is better than Remarque.
And Remarque?
Remarque is better than everyone.
Oh, Erich Maria.
And Kafka?
Oh, Camus!
Oh, Salinger!
Oh, Dostoyevsky.
Oh, the subscription to Dumas' works.
Well, it's time we got going...
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha.
We've been sitting here long enough.
You must excuse us.
We had nothing tasty to give you.
Don't be silly, my dear.
It was wonderful.
You have such a cozy little flat,
and your kitchen set is lovely.
Ceilings: 2.7 metres,
Kitchen set: 3600 rubles.
We had to go everywhere to find it!
But we sold the same one not long ago;
it's no longer in vogue.
What do you mean, not in vogue?
So what is in vogue, then?!
The rustic style is in vogue these days.
Do tell.
No, no, we must be going.
We must visit one more place; they promised to hold two yokes for us there,
a horse harness with shaft loops,
a dozen horseshoes,
and a natural built-in bench
with a Japanese air conditioner!
Good-bye.
Good night.
Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha...
Did you see how some people live?
Yes.
And what about us?
What about it?
Are we any worse?!
No!
We're becoming detached, Masha.
From the leading-edge of culture.
Well, never mind, never mind.
Misha and Masha fitted out their apartment anew. Their pride was a Russian stove with a built-in bench.
WHEN THE PAHOMOVS SEE IT
THEY'LL DIE OF ENVY
Yes, yes.
Yes.
Got it.
The Pahomovs are getting grief for their daughter.
Huh?
Grief for the face.
Today in Paris, this is the most in vogue
facial expression.
And?
But we can't get it here!
The Pahomovs can get it, their hand reaches everywhere.
That's it.
I can't take it any more.
Get out of here, you big lug.
Where to?
Bring us... something.
But what?
I don't even know. Look, we don't have everything.
I've heard people say:
"The only thing they lack is a good sturdy stake."
So go and get me one.
Huh?
Ah, how I want a stake to be hanging on our dining room wall!
The Pahomovs will die of envy.
Misha took an unpaid vacation and, on the advice of people in the know,
traveled to the village of Nothingham.
A lengthy search took him to old Makariha.
Hello, grandma.
They say that you've got a stake here!
Won't you sell it, eh?
Hello, dearie.
I've gathered some junk in that corner - dig around, you might find something.
Eh-he-heh... we're becoming detached, detached...
We neglect burdock's use for sanitary hygiene.
We don't know
the difference between a shaft and a yoke.
We can't recognize a radish.
We rely on synchrophasotrons...
We're going mad from too much fat!
We've stopped talking and grokking our native tongue.
We don't know who's the root and who's the barren flower.
I'm telling the truth, grandma.
Respond to me, grandma.
How long have you been involved in this nonsense?
A week later, Misha returned home with a real stake.
NOW THE PAHOMOVS WILL REALLY
DIE OF ENVY
Have you got it? Well?
You have!
Masha, greet your victorious knight!
Here is the stake.
The Pahomovs will die of envy.
Ah-ha-ha! Here we are, here we are.
The metro's packed, the trolley-busses are packed.
Hello!
Come in, have a seat at the table.
THE PAHOMOVS
DIED
screenwriter Mark Rozovskiy
director David Cherkasskiy
art director Nikolay Koshkin
composer L. Verbitskiy
camera Anatoliy Gavrilov sound I. Moyzhes
animators Natalya Marchenkova, David Cherkasskiy
voices Z. Pylnova, L. Yaremchuk, M. Shvidler, V. Bortnik,
Veniamin Smehov, V. Shapovalov, F. Antipov, Ye. Papernyy, A. Hudoleyev
assistants R. Lumelskaya, T. Zvyozdochkina, Ya. Seleznyova, S. Muratova, I. Sergeyeva
script editor V. Gaidai
production director I. Mazepa
Artistic Collective for Fictive Animation of the Kiev Studio of Popular Science Films 1975
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