Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography & "Soyuzmultfilm" studio 2006
THE RABBIT FROM THE CABBAGE GARDEN after a tale by Vasiliy Livanov
Sir!
Pardon?
Monsieur, could I bother you for a minute?
I'm all ears.
I heard you work with children. Could you please help me with that?
In what sense?
In the sense of bringing me a baby.
I would like a boy!
She seems crazy - what has this to do with me?
That shows that you grew up in a swamp.
Try to help her! After all, we stay here at the landlord's pleasure.
- But where can I... - Just find one! - How do I... - You should know, dear!
Well, if that's how it is...
Madam! So what's the trouble?
I need a boy. A little one.
If it wouldn't be too bothersome for you...
How on Earth can you say that, after all, it's our profession.
I fly, I fly, I'm on my way!
Why me?
I have enough of my own prob...
What a lousy affair!
Oh!
My familiar marsh.
The backwoods.
Inspection!
Answer me quickly:
Where does one find small human children?
Well? Your time is up!
In cabbages!
Kwa-kwa-kwabbages
Don't give any hints!
Anyway, you got the right answer.
You must educate yourselves, you backwoods inhabitants!
Develop your skills!
Don't just keep sitting in a swamp.
Somewhere I saw a cabbage field.
And here it is.
Well, orphan, I bet you thought I'd never come!
Seems to be a boy.
Madam, here is your son.
Congratulations!
I must admit it was not easy.
Oh, he is so cute!
Are you sure that he is - my son?
What a question!
Who should know better than me, a stork?
Adieu!
Thank you so much!
There, now we're part of the family!
- What sort of creature did you slip her? - What does it matter? She's happy!
- What about the ears? - What ears?
The ears are... well... a sign of genius!
Yes.
"Now she's in the dark tower of the king of the elves,
and only the bravest of knights can rescue her."
"I will free her or die!" - the elder brother said fervently.
You will not believe it: the child can already read and write on his own, and it seems he composes too!
Not like our own.
What's wrong with our own?
All they do is ask to be fed.
One! Two!
Allegro, allegro con brio!
Don't read while you run around, you'll stumble!
Verlaine? In French?
Can't be!
But you can't understand it, can you?
You're right. I don't understand, but it seems to me, maman, that I'm French.
Wow, he can already read in all languages!
Pff, our kids know how to fly!
If you can't fly, you can't eat.
Mom, I keep thinking:
Maybe I am adopted?
How did you come up with that?
You have the blue eyes from your grandfather. It's so obvious.
But it often seems to me that I am a prince from a distant land,
and somewhere far away a princess in a crystal castle is waiting for me.
So where do I fit in?
Where, where... at home, of course.
In the kitchen.
Gee, thanks for that.
The children grew up, the nest is empty - I feel nostalgic!
Don't forget that we are also part of the great process of a Man's upbringing!
Well, that's still an open question!
I had no idea you were so keen...
on higher mathematics.
What is this!?
Mom! I'm not a kid anymore!
Really?
Forgive me, but I'm leaving.
Leaving? Where are you going?
I am going to search for my princess.
My goodness, how time flies!
I didn't even notice that you're all grown up.
Some folk may say that princesses are not truly real,
And yet it is but princesses that hold my appeal,
Am I not smart, well read, good-looking, to be exact?
Believe you me, the Princess is no myth, that's a fact!
See how this playboy true Goes out looking for you,
Goes out looking for you, O my princess!
La-la-la, la la la, la la la, la-la-la,
I am coming for you, O my princess.
You cannot pass! There's no path, no ford, no bridge, nothing - you cannot pass.
There's no bridge, there's nothing - you cannot pass.
A joke!
Excuse me, Miss,
Can I ask you an indiscreet question?
Yes...
Are you a princess?
No, my name is Ruby-Eyes.
Your eyes are like rubies!
How poetic!
I live behind the big head of cabbage at the corner of the garden.
And you?
Oh! My villa is far off beyond a huge field.
Remember, Pasternak: "Life is more than a walk across a field!" * *(quote from Pasternak's "Hamlet")
I remember. But we only have cabbages here,
Pasternak* doesn't grow here. *(the vegetable, "parsnip")
Will you come on a visit?
Of course!
Aren't you sorry for the poor woman?
Do not worry, the grandchildren will keep her occupied!
script Boris Livanov director Aida Zyablikova
art-director Yelena Livanova composer Gennadiy Gladkov
lyrics Yuriy Entin cameraman Pavel Nazaryan
Sound Aleksandr Retin animators Anna Tumelya, Lidiya Mayatnikova
Sound operators Fidel Velasko, Anastasiya Kupryanova, Oksana Kosheleva
voice-actors Aleksandr Lenkov, Vera Vasilyeva, Nikolay Burlyayev, Lyudmila Gnilova, Lyubov Germanova, Inga Shatova
puppets and decorations Gennadiy Bogachyov, Vladimir Razgulyayev, Yelena Livanova Yelena Pokrovskaya, Nadezhda Lyarskaya, Denis Grigoryev, Vladimir Shchegolkov
computer group Ella Avakyan, Andrey Martynov, Sergey Urusov, Nadezhda Fedotova
special effects Igor Tsyupov, Mihail Panarin, Aleksandr Larin
film contributors Maya Novozhilova, Vladimir Nikitin, Olga Ljarskaja, Dina Belikovskaja, Sara Bennet
montage Natalya Stepantseva, Olga Vasilenko script editor Nataliya Abramova
production director Soslan Hodov producer Akop Kirakosyan
THE END Soyuzmultfilm 2006 Subs by Agape, OolYaKoo, Eus & Niffiwan