"One of Many" A feuilleton-film
Produced by Soyuzmultfilm on commission from Mosenergo Energy Sales Moscow, 1943
Here comes the long-awaited hour
And, at last finishing her day,
From her state office Marivanna
Hurries back home without delay.
[ Conserve Electric Energy ]
Hurry! Hurry! She cannot sit still.
And, closing hastily her desk,
Like a bird Marivanna rushes,
Not turning off the office light.
[ Upon leaving turn off the light ]
Perhaps, once Marivanna's gotten A bit of needed rest back home,
Her conduct will become more mindful, Regarding the electro-light?
Into a cozy home, a warm robe.
The clock has struck five long ago.
The street outside is filled with posters,
But Marivanna doesn't care.
[ To multiply the number of shells, Always and everywhere save electricity ]
[ Usage Limit 25 gigawatt hours a day ]
And, putting on herself with pleasure A comfortable silken robe,
She prompty goes and turns on a row
Of devices, and all the lamps.
But in the corridor, exacting, Not getting any chance to rest,
A sportsman, the electric counter, Begins its path around the disc.
Hour after hour, unrelenting,
The electricity flows on.
But Marivanna takes away the Prized current from the factories.
Turn by turn, the electric pressure Gets weaker, and then weaker yet.
And the enormous, giant motor Cannot keep working at full power.
And in the corridor, exacting, Its goal long past it, running on,
A sportsman, the electric counter, Speeds in a storm around the disc.
To leave things be is not an option:
A predator hides in this flat
Who every single day, godlessly, Torches through the assigned limit.
Who is behind this distant doorway?
Over books poring quietly is
An old professor. All is normal,
This lamp's twenty-five candles bright.
To the near left, the light is foggy, Calm lights are burning in the night.
A granny bathes her granddaughter. No, they are also not the ones.
Who is this predator? Strange, very.
Now, here we have another room. Ah, now it's obvious, Marivanna!
It's she who's running rampart, she!
Clutching a hair dryer, forehead frowning,
Her curls arranges in a row.
Meanwhile, a storm in her room rages Of precious, precious hectowatts.
[ To multiply the number of shells, Always and everywhere save electricity ]
The flowing electric hurricane Must be immediately stopped.
So it's vital for Marivanna To get a warning, one last time.
But Marivanna is abashed by Neither a stern word nor a look.
Slamming the door, she turns on two more Stove elements and a device.
Regretfully, we know too well this Prideful tone and selfish zeal.
It seems that we will have to deal with
This lady in another way.
Due to the doings of Marivanna, Let nobody blame us for that,
The lights die in the hallway, bathroom,
And over the professor's desk.
And once again in normal fashion
The current runs through mighty wires.
To war construction sites, factories,
To critical, important things.
To multiply the number of shells,
Always and everywhere save electricity
And, even analyzing strictly The example we have given,
We must admit that there are lots of These Marivannas in Moscow.
And if we're asked to be specific,
We will tell you: of course there are!
Both on Arbat Street, 28th house, And on Petrovka, 36,
And on Ordynka, 18th building, And on Volhonka, 45,
On Leningradsky, hundred-sixteen, And on Miusskaya, 7/5.
We dearly wish to ask you, viewer:
Once you have bought a ticket for
A Marivanna, make her come here -
Let her gaze at her own portrait.
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