Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography
Pilot Big Animation studio
presents
We live in Russia
Russia is the biggest country of the world.
Our capital is Moscow.
Russia has more than a thousand cities
and every one of them has its own history.
On the river Klyazma upon the high hills
stands the ancient city of Vladimir.
It is about 150 years older than Moscow.
According to tradition, the city was founded by the Kievan Prince Vladimir.
The lands of Vladimir are famed for their outstanding generals, artists and architects.
In Vladimir ruled the legendary Prince Alexander Nevsky,
the great defender of the Russian lands.
And general Alexander Suvorov wrote his famous book here -
"The Art of Victory".
The whitestone Vladimir churches are famous all over the world.
One of them - the Cathedral of the Assumption -
was decorated with frescoes by Andrei Rublyov, the great Russian icon painter.
And the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius is decorated with amazing stone carvings -
hundreds of images of fabulous animals, unseen birds and bizarre plants.
And how wonderfully Vladimirians can play...
on their ordinary shepherds' horns.
Of course, many unique tales are told here
and each one of them is like a precious gem.
Mountain of Gems
"No Way!" Based on the Russian folk-tale "Man and Wife"
There once lived in a village a man
and his wife. The wife was...
a headstrong woman,
you could have even called her stubborn.
Whatever her man told her, she would do the complete opposite.
In short, she was a bad apple.
Hey, wifey, maybe you should
take off your jacket - it's hot, after all!
No way!
Step aside, or you'll get kicked!
No way!
Watch out! It's going to bite you!
No way! A-a-ah! Oi!
Add some light, I can't see a thing!
No way!
In short, they lived as best they could.
And one day, they went into the forest to pick mushrooms.
Oh, wow!
Come over here! There's a ton of mushrooms here!
No way!
What a pest you are, the devil take you!
Don't go there.
No way!
You're going to fall into the hole!
No way! O-o-ah!
Well, well, well. That didn't end so well!
The man stood there for a while and mourned...
and finally went home.
The wife fell down all the way to the devils in hell.
Phew. Aha!
Crawl into that boiling oil.
I am going to cook you!
Who, me?! No way!
I tell you, get down there!
You shall obey me!
Everybody here does.
We've become widowers, my dear cat.
Our woman is gone for good.
Here! Hey!
Come out!
Leave me alone.
Uh-oh! How are we going to live without a woman?
What!? Are you nuts?
You are really crazy!
Let me out! It's hot as hell!
No way!
Unlucky devil!
The man mourned for a while
and finally returned to his household duties.
Please give me a break, woman!
No way!
That's it!
I've got no strength left...
No way!
Who's there? What do you want?
Let me in, man! We need to talk!
Listen here, was it not your wife that fell into the bottomless pit?
Mine. So what?
What do you mean "what"? I was the one she landed on!
I've known no rest ever since.
May she sink without a trace! No breath, no break, no saving grace!
Can you take her back, please?
The man was happy to hear that his wife was alive.
But showed no outward sign.
Heh! No way!!
I suffered her presence for ten years,
now it's your turn!
And I'm going to have some rest.
Take her back! Please!
We'll give you a hundred rubles.
Are you kidding? For such a woman?
All right, two hundred!
No way! Keep it for yourself!
She's going to eat you devils, literally, in no time!
One thousand!
Take one thousand in gold, man!
Did you see it? Zing!
Come on! Come on! It's time to hit the road!
No way!
Take a bagful of gold, man! Take it all!
Take all we have!
But save us from that damned woman!
Well, a bagful you say?...
What if you cheat?
What? I would never, my dear man!
I swear by God!
Well?... Well? We-e-ell?
Okay! Give me the bag!
Here you are!
Well...
A deal is a deal!
To hell with you! So where is my wife?
Not so fast! Bring her back tomorrow!
I want to have a quiet night for once in my life.
Hey, cat, look at that!... She's back!
Let me kiss you, my dear!
No way!
Cool down, will you?!
And they began to live together again!
The wife was obdurate as ever
but the man finally learned to turn her obduracy into benefit.
Isn't it hot in here? Open the door wider, would you?
No way!
And keep the stove cool!
screenwriters Aleksander Papchenko, Sergey Aynutdinov director Sergey Aynutdinov
"No way!" art director Natalya Grofpel composer Sergei Sidelnikov, art director, intro Mihail Aldashin
The End 2007 subs by ? (2012) & Niffiwan (2025)