Soyuzmultfilm presents 2003
There!
Oh boy!
Of the Fisherman and the Fish (after a fairytale by A.S. Pushkin)
There once lived an old man with his old wife
On the shore of the deep blue ocean;
They lived in a tumble-down hovel For thirty-three summers and winters.
Go on!
What a life we have...
The old man used to fish for his living,
Like so...
And his wife spun yarn on her distaff.
And his wife spun yarn on her distaff!!!
I don't even know this thing.
What are you doing?!
Come on, come on...
He once cast his net in the ocean,
And pulled it up with mud from the bottom;
He again cast his net in the ocean,
And this time caught nothing but seaweed;
When he cast his net for the third time,
One fish was all that he landed,
No common fish, though, but a goldfish.
Now the goldfish began to implore him,
And it spoke like a real human being:
"Put me back, old man, into the ocean!
I will pay you a right royal ransom,
I will give you whatever you ask me."
The old man was astonished and frightened -
He'd been fishing for thirty-three summers,
But had not heard of any fish talking.
"God bless you, my dear little goldfish!
Thank you kindly, I don't want your ransom.
Go back to your home in the ocean,
And roam where you will without hindrance."
To his wife the old fisherman hastened
To tell her about this great marvel.
His wife started scolding her husband:
"Oh you simpleton! Oh you great dimwit!
Couldn't make a mere fish pay a ransom!
You at least might have asked for a wash-tub -
Here!
For ours is all falling to pieces!"
The old man returned to the seashore,
Where the blue waves were frolicking lightly.
He called out aloud for the goldfish,
And the goldfish swam up and demanded:
"What is it, old man, you are wanting?"
"Forgive me, Your Majesty Goldfish!
My old woman has scolded me roundly,
Won't leave me alone for a minute,
She says that she wants a new wash-tub,
For ours is all falling to pieces."
"Do not worry, go home, God be with you -
Very well, you shall have a new wash-tub."
"Oh you simpleton! Oh you great dimwit!
To ask for a tub - a mere wash-tub!
Return to the goldfish, you dimwit,
Bow down low and ask for a cottage."
Again he went back to the seashore.
And this time the blue sea was troubled.
He called out aloud for the goldfish,
"What is it, old man, you are wanting?"
"Forgive me, Your Majesty Goldfish!
My old woman is madder than ever,
Won't leave me alone for a minute -
The old scold says she wants a new cottage."
"Do not worry, go home, God be with you!
So be it! You'll have a new cottage!"
How fine it is!
"Oh you simpleton!
Oh you great dimwit!
The great dimwit asked for a cottage...
Go and bow to the goldfish, and tell it
That I'm tired of being a peasant,
That I want to be made a fine lady.
I don't want to be made a fine lady.
I want to be made a Tsaritsa."
"Woman, you've surely gone crazy!
You can't even talk like a lady!
You'd be mocked at all over the kingdom!"
"How dare you, muzhik, stand and argue
Go at once - if you don't, then I'll drag you!
That's how it goes...
"What is it, old man, you're wanting?"
"I have this and that... you know..."
"Do not worry, go home, God be with you!
Very well! She shall be a Tsaritsa!"
What are you all doing?!
"Greetings, Oh mighty Tsaritsa!
Now I hope that your soul is contented!"
"What now?"
"Go, bow to the goldfish, and tell it
That I'm tired of being Tsaritsa,
Of the seas I want to be mistress,
With my home in the blue ocean waters;
The goldfish I want for my servant
To do my commands and my errands."
Of the seas I want to be mistress,
"Forgive me, Your Majesty Goldfish!
What shall I do with my cursed old woman?
She is tired of being Tsaritsa,
Of the seas she now wants to be mistress,
She wants you to be her own servant,
To do her commands and her errands."
What is this?
Would you look at that...
Scenario & Director Natalya Dabizha
art directors Gennadiy Novozhilov, T Platonova
camera Aleksandr Vihansky Assistant D Palagin
music Gennadiy Gladkov cinematography orchestra conductor S Skripka
all voice acting O Tabakov
animators Alla Solovyova, Olga Panokina, Fazil Gasanov, Natalya Dabizha
Editor N Stepantseva Script editor Y Mihaylova
sound Vladimir Vinogradov, Vladimir Oryol
computer work D Rusakov lighting S Hodov
Puppets and decor: G Bogachyov, Y Pokrovskaya, A Gnedinskiy, N Moleva
V Shafranyuk, M Koltunov, Y Borinskaya
N Barkovskaya, V Piunov, A Atamanova, N Zaklyakov
Y Kurolenkin, V Piunova, N Vinogradova
line producer B Hodova producer Ernest Rahimov
Financial assistance by Ministry of Culture of Russia, Cinema dept.
The End Subs by Eus (ed. Niffiwan) December 2019