A Soviet Romanian co-production
Soyuzmultfilm, Moldovafilm, Creative studio N 5, Sovinfilm, present
Maria Mirabela
Directed by, written by and lead animator Ion Popescu-Gopo
Second director Natalia Bodiul,
Music Eugen Doga
Lyrics Grigory Vieru, Valentin Berestov, Yevgeny Agranovich
Cameramen Boris Kotov, Alecu Popescu
art directors Ion Popescu-Gopo, Vladimir Dudkin, Lev Milchin
with Ingrid Chelia, Medeea Marinescu, Ion Popescu-Gopo, Gilda Manolescu
vocal Leonid Serebrennikov
Sound By Vladimir Kutuzov, Dan Ionescu Music played by the Romanian Radio-Television orchrestra
Ribbit-ribbit, ribbit-ribbit !
It's Wonderfully-Wonderful that brews maturity,
What a huge elephant, and a bunny is small,
The rooster crows and that there is a crab.
The butterflies fly and fly and fly, and I jump like this. Ribbit!
It's Wonderful that the earth rotates smoothly,
And that is not splashed by the rivers or the sea.
A wonderful thing that somewhere, there's a babbling brook
What a clear lake, lake, lake and the stars shine in them!
It's Wonderfully-Wonderful! Here are some wonders!
It's Wonderful that the bees fly through the air,
And the stars they hear a song from a cricket on the ground,
When rain is woven by a silver thread,
That the sky is blue, blue, blue
Connected to the earth!
Miraculously, in all the world, everyone has their own words:
"Cuckoo" sings the cuckoo clock , And I'm singing "Ribbit-Ribbit"
And I want to fly to the moon with a kite.
It's wonderful that the world, world, world has a fairy tale about me Croaky!
It's Wonderfully-Wonderful! Here are some wonders!
Ah! My friend the Firefly! Sorry, Skiperich, I didn't mean to.
- Croaky? - And you try to spin over my head!
I didn't recognize you. And to think that you have a bad habit of swallowing your friends?
Okay, no offense. I was looking around... And I saw this!
Do you want to see? Come here!
Is it really them?! I did not expect that I'd see them again. I can't believe my eyes!
You can believe them. Do you see our good girls.
- Yes! It's them!
Shhhh, don't make a noise!
Hi Omide... We have met some old friends.
- You scared me, boys! What a surprise!
Skiperich, Croaky, Hi!
Oh, Omide...
What's new boys? - Croaky swallowed me.
Well, I apologized!
Omide, here are our girls. They are in the meadow. Did they recognize you?
No, they forgot me. Maria said, "What a beautiful butterfly."
And Mirabela said: "There are a lot of them around here."
So no, they forgot me. They forgot me! Ah! I can't take it.
"Don't cry, Omide, don't cry! And then I'm gonna cry.
Forget Omide! I couldn't have!
- We couldn't forget them? It would be very impossible.
Oh, Croaky, And I remember everything, what happened to us.
If only it could happen again
The past can't return, no. We can only remember.
Then let's remember!
And who knows, where to start?
OK, I'll begin. Since the story started with me.
Yes, yes, yes, a miracle was revealed. There was a flashed surface in the creek.
It was so real. I couldn't really tell you.
It was wonderful for the sun to look into my stream
To see the look it was really wonderful. Who do you think was there?
Oh, A Fairy,
Ribbit-ribbit!
drinking from my stream.
Spring, after the summer comes autumn and after the autumn
it's winter again....
It is the way of nature. It has to be that way.
- Thanks, Croaky! - What for, exactly? I haven't done anything for you.
How strange, I didn't know what he did.
- For your gift. - Don't laugh at me.
Everyone says that nobody wants a frog.
We only know how to jump and croak, Yes. We're big nobodies.
What do we frogs have? Ribbit, ribbit! nothing!
Croaky, you had just told a lie and from a lie comes frozen water.....
Maria! Are you going to play with me?
A frozen brook! Do such things happen in the summer when it's warm?
- He isn't melting. - Oh yeah, it's the brook! Give me the ball!
A frozen frog.
What a pity he has!
Ah! He's alive! And he's looking at me.
- You're going to play, Maria? - I must get him warm first.
- Good evening, Maria! - Ah! Who told you my name?
That girl there.
Mirabela, come and see a talking frog!
- Good evening, Mirabela! -Wow, The Frog is talking.
Hmm, I think he's an enchanted prince, yes.
Actually, I am enchanted, but I'm not a prince.
- I am Croaky. - Who froze you? And why? Tell me.
A Fairy came here, drank from the brook and said:
"Thank you for your gift, Croaky!" And then I asked:
"What am I useful for?"I said "I am completely useless"
this I know. then, I said to the fairy: "I'm no good at anything". And she got angry, angry!
Look! I don't know, I don't know,
Why was I punished? I don't know
Maria, This time he's being punished We shouldn't help him, no.
- Mirabela, Do you know why we need frogs? - Nothing.
We get honey from bees, we get wool from sheep, we get milk from cows, and the stupid frogs just croak.
But maybe frogs are good for something.
But only the Fairy knows.
Enough, let's go home! - I can't leave Croaky in trouble.
Let's go to the Forest Fairy! - Maria, We wouldn't be able to find her!
You want to get lost in the woods at night? - I would go with you to the fairy, but my legs are stuck in the ice.
Oh, there is trouble, trouble, trouble. The water is enchanted.
To break the spell, we must dance for a long time!
Round Dance, Round Dance, Bursting the stone it will crack the ice.
Hey Croaky, Hey Croaky. We guys are bullies
Ahoy!
Ribbit!
Hey Croaky, Hey Croaky.
We guys are bullies
Oh, there is trouble, trouble, trouble. The water is enchanted.
To break the spell, we must dance for a long time!
Round Dance, Round Dance, Bursting the stone will crack the ice.
Round Dance, Round Dance, Bursting the stone it will crack the ice.
Hey Croaky, Hey Croaky.
We guys are bullies
Hey Croaky, Hey Croaky.
We guys are bullies
Croaky, you know where the Forest Fairy lives? - Everyone knows,
That she lives in the forest.
Leave him!
Thank you my friends! I'll see you soon. Ribbit! Ribbit!
And we're off.
I'm bringing him to the Forest Fairy.
Maria, wait, I'm supposed to be with you!
Maria, I don't want to do this. We do not need to see this fairy.
- Maria, do you want to do a riddle? - Yes.
Well. Look, I'll pull out two plums, if you win, we'll go to the Forest Fairy, if you don't win,
we're going back home. Okay? - Yes.
you have to guess in which hand the full plum is in
and if you get the crushed one, - you lost me.
This one.
You don't believe me, huh? Let's try again.
OK. - Well?
This one. Oh, you liar. I am going to the Fairy
- Maria, let's go home! - You can go home if you want. I'm going to the Forest Fairy.
I'm supposed to be with you.
It's starting to rain. Maria!
Maria, We're lost. I said that I didn't want to go.
Hey!
Hurry, Come on!
Look! How beautiful they are.
The Star is lighting. So far we are not that kind of firefly.
But we are all close. We, the fireflies are flashing in the forest.
Anyone who doesn't sleep. Stars in the night will send their little beams
These are next to the stars, the fireflies who light the forest.
Anyone who shines, but I am suffering.
I'm blazing and burning again.
And what is wrong with me, with this misfortune?
Oh, I'm not myself!
It's the firefly, Skiperich.
At night everyone is waiting for the fireflies to shine and flash.
I'm Skiperich
and I'm lonely without a firefly's sparkle.
Splash, I'm in the water, plop.
Skiperich is crying, he's like a piece of coal
Oh, I'm all wet.
I'm a lonely extinguished firefly.
Anyone who shines, but I am suffering.
I'm blazing and burning again.
And what is wrong with me, with this misfortune?
Oh, I'm not myself!
Hi Skiperich! Come fly here! - Hello.
Who's there?
It's me, Croaky. Don't you remember me?
Hey Croaky, who are these girls?
We're going together to the Forest Fairy to ask for forgiveness.
- What happened ? - I said that made her upset...
And as you can see, My feet are frozen.
Um... I understand.
- What did you say to her without thinking? - I told the Forest Fairy
"I don't really know what I am good for" Nothing else. And how about you?
There you are, do you know what you are useful for?
- No. I don't know why I'm needed. - Here's how!
It turns out you also you need to come with us to the Forest Fairy. She knows everything.
Everything.
Take me with you. Maybe the fairy will help my shoes glitter and sparkle.
Maria, let's take him along.
- We don't need to take a gnat! - Mirabela, he needs help too.
He can be burned. - Let's take him, He's my friend.
Mirabela, Mirabela, Don't run so fast!
Mirabela, don't run, it's slippery! You're gonna drop me!
Mirabela where are you? Mirabela!
- Skiperich, have you seen Mirabela? - Mirabela is your sister?
She's different from you. - Skiperich, Mirabela is a good girl.
She ran away from us! - I don't care.
- You're protecting her. - She got lost in the cave.
Don't worry, she didn't go far.
I'm afraid for Croaky.
Mirabela, I promise to be good.
Mirabela, Look under your feet,
- Mirabela, I'll tell your sister! - I don't want to carry you anymore!
You can complain to anyone you like.
Save us! Save us!
Mirabela, I got you! I got you!
Maria, I'm here!
Maria, come here!
Maria, I'm over here! I'm falling!
Maria Mirabela
You are waiting in the magical forest
Where they can safely continue the story
and make wonders happen
Maria, Mirabela
And like flowers in the spring. With your fine friends! We're together, you and me!
Maria, The storm has passed.
Oh, our ball!
Mirabela, Don't drink that water, It's bad!
- I hear something crunching , can you hear it? - No.
But I felt it.
- Everyone laughing. - My god, at what?
Because we are like centipedes.
Let them laugh. That would be us, guys If they had one thousand mouths like my brother.
Hey, Come on! O-ho-ho!
Vitamins are delicious
A, B, C, in any plants. Oh what a pleasure this is.
Eating a whole field.
Look at how many caterpillars there are!
Omide! Omide!
- My beloved daughter, where are you?
Don't worry she crawled tp another branch She just ate the third breakfast.
Omide!
Omide... Good girl, don't crush your fist!
Give me back my beloved daughter Omide! Spare the old father. Give me back my daughter and I can do what you want.
Mirabela, I feel sorry for her. Let Omide free!
I feel sorry for the leaves, all the caterpillars will leave if I let her go.
Let her go and be on your way.
Omide, my daughter!
- She is crying. - Yes.
Croaky, Skiperich, what is wrong?
We saved the tree. Now it will grow lots of new leaves.
The tree is saved, but the caterpillars will die.
- Oh! Who cares about them? - They will all die of hunger. And they have nothing else.
So what can we do? Let the tree die or let the caterpillars die?
The caterpillars, of course.
- Do you eat anything else? - No we can't, good girl! and we are not to blame
Caterpillers eat nothing but green leaves. - Have you tried pollen from flowers?
Papa, it's probably tasty, pollen from flowers. - No, no!
They say that pollen is sweet.
We would have to fly above flowers, and we have no wings. We always crawl
- Always! - Don't interrupt me.
Papa, I so want to try the pollen from flowers!
It must be very tasty!
- To eat the flower's pollen, you would have to turn into butterflies.
How can we turn into butterflies, we don't have any wings to fly.
What a miracle! my daughter, oh!
A miracle, a miracle, a miracle!
- Caterpillars, listen to me! Spin, rotate and turn! - Into butterflies! Into butterflies!
Ah, amazing! How beautiful they are.
You know, before turning into a frog I was a little tadpole.
- I didn't know that. - Let me explain: it is natural.
In life my friend, you have to start small.
After lightning, after the storm. It will be born in a blue rainbow.
It'll melt like a fairy tale. The reflection will leave paint.
Butterflies, butterflies don't lose the bright rainbow
Ah! What different colors!
of Flowers - They used to be ugly. See, Skiperich, the caterpillars can get something good
It would have been a wish!
Stop talking. You better look at this! Where? - Up there!
Childhood will always be the game
Youth is the sister of joy.
Maturity is strong and clear. Old age is wise and beautiful. Always!
Butterflies, Butterflies collect the rainbow.
Don't lose your joy, gather the rainbow.
My daughter, what's wrong with you?
- What a misfortune, she can't fly! - Poor thing! She can't fly...
I could never be a butterfly. I can't fly. I'm scared!
Oh, you poor thing! She is also unhappy. Maria, we have to go to the Forest fairy.
Oh, lovely, kind girl! Help my little Omide.
Take her with you to the Forest fairy. The Forest fairy can do anything.
Introduce yourselves, we are all going to the fairy.
You feel sorry for all these insects! You feel sorry for everything!
- Do you know who that is? - It's the Clock King,
He governs all the clocks in the world.
Croaky? What is he doing now? Where is he climbing to?
Don't you know? - Croaky, why are you not talking?
Skiperich, wake up!
It's all over. It's close to Midnight. We were late to the fairy.
Oh! Why! - When the clock strikes midnight, the fairy will disappear.
I'm never gonna fly then...
And my legs will remain frozen. I will catch a cold and die.
Farewell Skiperich, friend!
- Can we delay Midnight? - I know who to ask about this.
- Who? - The Clock king.
Follow me!
- Who are you? - My name is Mirabela.
It's a beautiful name, isn't. And this is my sister Maria.
We came to ask you something. - What do you want to ask me?
- We are looking for the Forest Fairy. - Oh, What do you need her for?
Omide is afraid to fly. Skiperich's shoes keep burning, and Croaky is freezing.
- So what? - At midnight, the fairy will disappear.
- Yes and all the clocks will strike midnight soon. - Stop your clocks.
Midnight can wait a bit! - What?
We'll just run to the Forest Fairy and then we'll come back here.
- And how long will that be? - 5 Minute. Okay?
We kindly ask you, let your clocks stop. - How can I stop them?
Well, you should.... - I can't! I can't!
- Please stop the clocks, we really need it. - I can't.
To stop the clocks, No.
How beautiful are the sound of loud sweet chimes. They can not be stopped.
Breaking time and movement, Everything's head over heels. At night the sun is shining and the day is fully dark as night. No. I can not.
Ah, You can not, well OK. But now, I do not know. Why was a forest brook of water frozen in May?
How did it freeze? This can only happen in a dream, but not in reality.
After all, you are the king. Can you please command to stop the clocks?
It's impossible!
Don't cry, Maria! Maybe he can change his mind. Let's wait.
- You guys should go home! - We'll sleep here!
It's like home so I'll go to sleep, but you and the King won't sleep.
Children also have to sleep! It's been long since everyone last slept. Good night.
This song is sung like this.
Yes, you kids should go to sleep. You should sleep until the morning.
All the pillows are filled with dreams, In order to have sweet dreams.
Sleep you Children, Sleep you animals.
Dreams are an encouraging grace
And until the sun rises, You can sleep until the dawn.
All of my forest is in the arms of sleep. Fir, aspen and pine trees
The fisherman are sleeping with the fish. But the Clock King isn't sleeping
He never sleeps and never sees dreams
Our king , The Clock king . Sleeping is not necessary to a King.
You can sleep for 5 minutes. All clocks in the world can lie.
We are wishing you sweet dreams. He spent the night not ready to sleep.
The King can't have pillows and blankets.
Maria, let's go! - I can't.
The Clock King had fell asleep in my dress. - Oh, no!
While he sleeps, you can probably run to the Forest fairy. I'll wait here.
Wait! I'll be quick!
Hello, Forest Fairy, I brought Croaky, Skiperich and....
Can you hear me or are you asleep?
We need you so badly, and you are asleep.
What kind of miracle is this? Everyone is sleeping.
- Maria, what have we done? - What?
In the forest, Everyone is asleep The birds and the animals.
Everything except for us.
- And the Forest Fairy? - Well, her too.
What to do?
I'll think of something.
- He's waking up. - That's right, let him wake up.
- What happened? - Nothing. We were sitting and thinking.
Will we still be able to see the Clock king do one more miracle? - What kind of miracle?
So that the clocks can strike Midnight and the fairy won't disappear? - A King can do anything.
I knew you wouldn't refuse and we would have to wait to see the fairy. Thank you, we're going. Goodbye!
Goodbye!
You're very kind!
Hurry, Maria! Over here, over here!
I know the way.
Get in place!
Summer should always be with Spring. Winter, spring, summer, autumn.
Forest Fairy! It's us!
Maria! Mirabela! Why are you here?
It's time you should be sleeping.
Croaky's feet are frozen. Skiperich's shoes light off.
And Omide is afraid to fly. Help them please, I beg you!
Summer has caught a cold and Winter has a temperature.
I don't have time right now. I need to make some hot tea for them to drink.
Some hot tea for them to drink.
Oh well, there is no water.
- Maria, let's prepare tea for them! - But there is no water.
- We'll get some!
I'll get some water!
This water is not good!
Mirabela, Croaky, might understand which is bad water, and which is good.
That water is very clean.
It turns out that I, too, can benefit.
The ice is melting.
You see, Croaky, and you said that you were useless
I am a big expert of water.
- But how will we get matches? - I don't know.
Maria! Mirabela! I can help you, I'll light the stove.
Ah, Skiperich is on fire, he can't put out the shoe
Poor Skiperich, he'll burn.
Omide! You're flying.
You're not afraid of falling, you're flying.
You see, Omide? To save your friends, you had to be brave.
Skiperich, Do you know what? I'll give you some new shoes which will glow in the dark like diamonds.
Ribbit-ribbit, ribbit-ribbit!
Yes, yes, yes! A miracle happened! It was like a dream.
I never will forget this beautiful day.
Ribbit!
Maria, Mirabela! Like two flowers by a stream.
And like flowers in the spring. With your fine friends!
We're together, you and me!
Maria, Mirabela Maria! Mirabela!
And like flowers in the spring. With your fine friends!
We're together, you and me!
And like flowers in the spring. With your fine friends!
Its wonderful to live with friends!
Its Wonderfully-Wonderful, Wonderfully-Wonderful.
Maria, Mirabela! They're like living magicians to you!
In the story which is like home to you, And the fairy familiar to you,
Smiling with her cute eyes.
Maria, Mirabela Maria! Mirabela!
Under the umbrella from heaven in a circle of wonderful friends
Its wonderful to live with friends!
Under the umbrella from heaven in a circle of wonderful friends
Its wonderful to live with friends!
Maria, Mirabela!
The End