The Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
Animos Studio
present
Russian Classics for Children
Yevgeniy Schwartz (1896-1958)
Based on the fairy tale "Two Brothers"
The New Year's Adventure of Two Brothers
Give it to me, it's mine!
Children, the New Year is coming, and you are quarreling as always.
- Then where are the toys? - Where's the candy?
- The gingerbread? - The nuts?
Boys, we live in a big forest, because Dad's a forester.
Such a beautiful New Year's tree he brought you!
But for sweets we have to go to the city.
If we sent Mom out, wolves would eat her on the way.
If I went myself, I wouldn't know how to find my way around the shops.
And we can't very well go together.
You are brothers, yet you quarrel every day as if you were strangers.
You, the elder brother, always have it in for the younger.
Dad, I won't hurt my younger brother.
We'll keep the house in perfect order
until you and Mom return home from town.
- You give me your word? - I give you my word of honor.
Good. it's now early in the morning.
We will come back in the evening around 8 to decorate the New Year tree.
In the meantime, I'll put it into the hall.
I will be back in time to bake a delicious cake,
and we'll meet the New Year in good spirits.
Hooray!
Until our return you will be the master of the house.
But don't you forget to throw wood into the furnace. And to have lunch.
Take this box of matches. If the fire goes out,
you'll be able to rekindle it.
You are responsible for the house, and, most importantly... for your brother!
You will be like a father to him. See to that!
Mom.
Lunchtime!
"Sinbad the Sailor. An Arabian tale"
Look at these!
Play with me, please!
Leave me be! I'm at the most interesting spot.
Above Sinbad's ship appeared a huge roc bird.
It carried in its claws a stone the size of a house.
Will it ruin our tower?
Let's first construct it with these blocks.
Play with me, please play!
Leave me in peace!
What are you doing? You promised to be like a father to me. Let me go!
Okay, okay.
I'll just read 5 lines and then I will let him back in.
Nothing will happen to him in the meantime.
What is this? What have I done?!
Junior is out there in the cold. On his own! Without proper clothes!
Where are you? Forgive me!
Our parents will return soon! Ah, if only I could turn back time,
I wouldn't have thrown my brother out the door, and we'd be standing side by side, happy.
Junior, where are you?
Where are you hiding? Come out!
Children, where are you?
My boys, oh where are you hiding?
I see footprints. Did you hurt yourself?
I... I cannot find my younger brother.
Where is he? Where is your younger brother?
Why did you run out into the yard without a coat?
- Where's Junior? - He was bothering me
and wasn't letting me read about Sinbad the Sailor.
I pushed him out of the door for only a few minutes,
to finish reading the most interesting part.
Nothing would have happened to him in that time.
Nothing would have happened... if I...
I remembered about him only when...
...the clock struck 8.
He vanished,
God knows where.
As if... as if he was taken by a roc bird.
I'll find him, I'll find Junior!
- Junior! - Children! - Boys!
- Junior! - Children!
Junior!
Am I the only one yelling now?
The roc bird?
Junior!
How did I get here
in only one night?
After all, from the house to the mountains takes 7 weeks of riding.
I've found Junior!
And father will drive after me in the sledge,
to take me home!
But those (sledge)bells aren't coming any closer...
And they never ring so delicately and evenly.
But it isn't just ringing in my ears!
I'll go and find out what this ringing is!
The earth in this forest,
completely frozen, has turned into a skating rink.
There's such a terrible frost here.
Why don't I feel cold?
I arranged for it;
the cold will cause you no harm
for the time being.
Do you know who I am?
You're Grandpa Frost.* *(Santa Claus)
Not at all.
I am Grandfather Permafrost.
The old man of ice.
And that is quite a different matter, my young friend.
Follow me.
- But I need to look for my brother. - Your brother's here.
Sit down beside me, let's be cold together!
You drove your younger brother out into the cold,
because you wanted him to give you some peace, you said.
Such an act pleases me.
You love peace as much as I do.
You shall stay here for many ages.
- Got it? - But my folks are waiting for us at home.
You shall stay here.
For many ages.
These fidgety creatures even in winter
don't leave me in peace. - Are they dead?
I have calmed them down, but not completely.
They should be rotated in front of the oven
until they turn completely transparent and icy.
Occupy yourself immediately with that useful job.
- I'll run away. - You will not run anywhere.
Your brother is locked in a neighboring room.
For now he will keep you here, and later you will get used to me.
To work!
Ready.
Now do the next one.
- Your hands are not freezing? - No.
I ordered the cold to not cause you any harm.
But remember! If you disobey me...
...I will freeze you.
Stay here and wait for me.
It's time to retire to bed.
Go to the pantry, and bring breakfast.
It is on shelf number 9.
It's all frozen.
And all this must be nibbled and sucked on, like hard candy.
I'm heading off to work.
You may roam everywhere and even go out of the palace.
Goodbye, my young apprentice.
Junior!
I have come for you. Are you here?
How can I break this ice door?
Oh, with this!
It bounces back as if it hits a stone.
No, I was not mistaken about you, my young friend.
You're a quiet one.
"Leave me in peace!" What great words!
With these words people are always pulling down their brothers.
These great words
will one day establish
eternal peace on earth.
Oh, how peacefully I lived back in the ancient times
when glaciers covered almost the complete earth.
I was then young and full of energy.
What does your absurd behavior mean?
I'm heading off to work.
Quickly, to the living forest.
Aha!
But this icy door is still as hard as a rock.
Hello! You just wait, Grandfather Permafrost, we still have some living to do.
My brother is hidden there behind that door.
Where are you?
If I catch you again, I will freeze you!
Sleep!
We sensed the danger and managed to hide in the corners of the hall
where it was darker. We'll help you.
Leave me in peace.
But where, where is the keyhole?
Let's run, I beg you, let's run!
Mom is waiting for us. Let's hurry back home.
Boy, boy, stop!
The boy is freezing up. Hurry, we must warm him up!
Stop!
Look - a snowdrop!
Do not worry, father knows how to do everything.
He'll bring you back to life. Probably bring you back to life...
That's right, you can't escape me that easily!
We will collect Junior's pieces
and warm him up with our fur.
- Junior! - Ah, it's you.
- What time is it? - We must hurry home to mom and dad.
How loudly the birds twitter today.
They're happy because it's warm. Because it's spring.
- Do you hear that? - No. What's the matter?
- Someone's running toward us. - No.
I also imagined that all winter long. No-one will come here.
- Children! - Mom! - Children!
Mom, Dad, you've become young again.
- Children, we'll always treat each other well now! - And be happy!
screenwriter & director Galina Beda
art director Yekaterina Bogacheva camera Igor Skidan-Bosin composer Shandor Kallosh
music redaction Irena Aristova sound Viktor Brus animators Olga Vesyolova
Vladimir Kaduhin, Alla Solovyova, voice-actors Irina Belyushkina,
Yuriy Sherstnyov Yekaterina Semyonova, Mark Salimzyanov, Viktor Piunov
assistant art director Olga Nefyodova,
puppets & decor Igor Khilov Gennady Bogachyov, Vladimor Shafranyuk,
Mikhail Koltunov, Anatoliy Gnedinsky, Yelena Pokrovskaya,
Natalya Barkovskaya, Nina Vinogradova, Nadezhda Lyarskaya Galina Kruglova,
Viktor Piunov, Nikolai Zakklyakov Andrey Puchnin, Pavel Petrov
montage Aleksandr Ippolitov colorist Aleksei Lebeshev computer graphicks Vladimir Lazarenko-Manyevich
computer works Krupny plan digital/M Gorkiy Studio production director Vladimir Gassiev
executive producer Anna Dzhioeva studio artistic director Natalya Orlova studio manager Tengiz Semyonov
The End
Subtitles Lemicnor & Eus, June 2016 revised by Niffiwan, Dec 2024