R. Kipling MOWGLI
THE LAST HUNT OF AKELA
Screenplay by L. Belokurov Directed by R. Davydov
Art Direction: A. Vinokurov, P. Repkin Camera Operator: E. Petrova
Composer: S. Gubaidulina Sound Operator: G. Martynyuk
Animators: V. Zarubin, R. Davydov, O. Komarov, O. Safronov,
V. Likhachov, N. Fyodorov, V. Arsentiev, V. Bobrov, P. Korobaev
Voice Actors: Mowgli: L. Shabarin Akela: L. Lyuberetsky
Shere Khan: A. Papanov Kaa: V. Ushakov Tabaqui: S. Martinson
Bagheera: L. Kasatkina White Cobra: Yu. Khrzhanovsky Baloo: S. Bubnov
Assistant Director: N. Sumarokova Editor: L. Georgieva Script Editor: A. Snesarev
Production Manager: L. Butyrina
The previous chapters told the story of how the little boy named Mowgli
was adopted by a wolf pack, of how he taught the forest law,
of his friends and foes.
I wonder
how such brave hunters
let the dying wolf lead them.
I have heard that at the Pack Council
you do not dare to look into his eyes.
Master of the Jungle!
He must have eaten the man's cub!
Of course he needs a rest!
Mowgli...
I will devour that frogling!
Strange to see the covering of one's own head at one's own feet!
Do you like my new coat?
Beautiful.
That is nothing.
You will see it after bath!
Let us go bathe then!
Wait.
I am still full.
I am lazy.
I will carry you then!
Hold on.
Watch out!
Hold on now.
Shoulder!
Arm!
Knee!
Head!
Leg!
Stomach!
Chest!
And now we go bathe, Kaa!
How is it then?
Nay! Show me your whole body!
Kaa!
You have grown.
You are fast and clever.
And yet, that is not enough.
I am strong!
No.
Your claws and teeth are weak.
Of whom shall I be afraid?
Of Shere Khan!
You need the Iron Tooth.
The Iron Tooth?
Yes. I know where to find it.
What is all this for?
Is this edible?
Calm down, Mother Cobra.
Calm down.
This man is my brother.
All right, all right.
Tell me, what is new of the city above?
Above our heads is the Jungle.
The city is gone for a long time.
It was destroyed long ago, back in the time of my grandfather.
Yes, yes. I am very old.
But still, I cannot believe
that the great sity is gone.
Get up there and you will see with your own eyes.
You are too young to tell me what to do.
I am the Warden of these treasures,
and I will not leave them even for an instant!
But we do not need anything of these.
Maybe just this Iron Tooth.
Mother Cobra, give it to me,
and I will bring you frogs to eat.
Sure, sure!
I will give you all, all what you see there —
but only while you are here.
All thanks, Mother Cobra.
Look around. What is that lying there?
Those men came to take the treasure away.
I spoke to them, and they —
We do not need these treasures!
Besides, I know the Master-word.
There is only MY Master-word here!
No man came here that went away alive.
Get out, or I will touch your neck!
Let her go, Kaa.
She had outlived her poison.
Rotted out tree-stump.
Your treasures need a new Warden.
I am ashamed. I am ashamed!
Kill me!
Ah...
It is so nice in here.
Ha! This is brighter than Bagheera'­s eyes.
I am sorrowful to my tail's tail that the rotted out tree-stump
scared me so much.
Will you hunt with me today?
I do not even know how to thank you for this thing,
but sorry, I should find Bagheera.
I must show her the Iron Tooth.
Where have you been?
We barely found you.
Hurry! We go hunting!
Hey, listen, all the jungle beasts,
and spread around this truth:
The little frog now has obtained
the fearsome Iron Tooth!
Lianas, flowers and bamboo —
the Jungle!
The song of glee is sang for you
by Mowgli!
The bunch of monkeys, run away,
like terrified crowd,
And you, Shere Knan, should be afraid
to cross my path from now.
Mowgli!
Akela, let Mowgli go with us today.
With us.
Good hunting!
Where did you get that?
In Cold Caves.
It was Kaa who guided me.
Now I have no one to fear.
Right, Bagheera?
As long as we are with you,
you have nothing to fear.
But there is one thing
that is stronger than the Iron Tooth.
The Red Flower!
The Red Flower?
The Red Flower.
Everyone fears it.
Even you fear it?
Yes. Even I.
And I.
And Baloo,
and Kaa,
and Shere Khan.
They are chasing a deer.
They are chasing him in here.
No, they are chasing him along the other path,
towards the drinking-place!
Let Akela show his strength!
Room for the leader of the Pack!
Spring, spring, Akela!
Aha!
The Old Wolf has missed!
Akela has missed! Akela has missed!
There, beyond the river,
near the Valley of Reeds,
lives the Red Flower.
It can be small
and shy like a moth,
but when it gets angry,
it becomes strong,
it grows taller than trees,
and then, there is no way to escape from it.
Wake up, Mowgli! Wake up!
Akela has missed.
The pack needs a new leader.
To the Council Rock!
No more time to waste.
Run, run, Mowgli!
Quickly, get the Red Flower before it is too late. Quickly!
Akela has missed.
What does the Law say?
He is the Dead Wolf.
We need to choose a new leader.
For twelve seasons I have led you to the kill.
You, Gray Brother,
run to the Rock,
and you wait for me here.
Now I have missed my kill.
Your right is to kill me.
Therefore, I ask,
who comes
to make an end of the Lone Wolf?
We be of one blood, you and I.
Haste, haste, Mowgli!
What have we to do with this old fool, he is doomed to die!
Give me the man's cub!
- Right. -What has a man to do with us?
He is our brother.
He has driven game for us.
Shere Khan is right.
Give the man away. Give him away!
- Give him away. - Let him go away!
Now we can do no more
except fight.
He is my BROTHER!
He is MY brother!
Stop!
Does Shere Khan lead the Pack?
Are you all jackals, to fawn on him?
Silence, you man's cub!
Why does it smell like carrion in here?
You have told me so often
that I am a man,
and now I start to believe this myself.
And that you may see the matter more plainly,
here! Take this!
You said that you would kill me.
Up, when a man speaks to you!
That is for Akela!
That is for the man!
For Akela! For the man!
Go now, singed cat.
Now listen to me.
Akela has missed because of Shere Khan,
and you will not kill him.
He will remain the leader of the Pack,
for this is what I, Mowgli, the man, say.
This is the third of the Mowgli stories.