Soyuzmultfilm Moscow 1954
Orange Throat Based on a story by Vitaliy Bianki
screenplay Nikolay Erdman
directors Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Vladimir Polkovnikov art directors M. Alekseyev, Nadezhda Stroganova
camera Mihail Druyan music Yu. Nikolskiy sound Nikolay Prilutskiy
animators Fyodor Hitruk, Renata Mirenkova, Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin, L. Popov, Faina Yepifanova, B. Butakov, Tatyana Taranovich, Boris Meyerovich, Igor Podgorskiy
artists V. Rodzhero, Ye. Tannenberg, G. Nevzorova assistants G. Lyobarskaya, N. Aravina
voices G. Novozhilova, Valentina Telegina, Mariya Babanova, Irina Gosheva, Yuriy Medvedev, Georgiy Vitsin,
[Lark sings]
It's time!
It's time! It's time!
Good morning, eldest hen!
- Good morning! - Good morning!
Good morning!
Do you hear?
[Lark sings]
It's a lark!
The most difficult and hungry period is behind us.
Spring has come!
It's time to think about nests.
- It's time! - It's time! It's time!
Who will go where?
We'll go in the woods!
We'll go across the river!
We'll go to Knucklebone Hill!
I said "Knucklebone Hill" first!
- No, I was first! - No, I was!
- Don't you touch me! - I will!
- Just you try! - I'll do just that!
- Well, what's with you? - And... you?
Ah, they'll kill each other!
- I'm gonna...! - Oh, you!
So much for ooh you!
What a mess!
- Come on, touch me! - I... I will!
Brovkin! Podkovkin! Stop the fight right now!
If not for her... I'd have given him what for!
Another minute and he would've been finished!
There's enough space for everyone
to build their nests and bring up chicks.
- Remember... - Huh? What?
The hen that will raise the most young partridges
will be greatly honored.
This hen in the winter will drive a large herd,
and all will have to obey her.
And now - may you have a happy summer and fine chicks!
Good-bye! Until the fall!
Isn't it nice here?
When I'm with you, everywhere is nice!
But however nice it is for me, it's going to be lousy for Brovkin!
[Cry] Cherry vyak! Cherry vyak!
Tell me, was that you screaming "Cherry vyak! Cherry vyak"?
I do not scream, I sing.
Sing? Excuse me, I did not realize.
Please do not be angry with me!
Believe me, I did not wish to offend you!
Actually, I never get angry,
I have a very... good... temperament!
Ha, that'll teach him!
- Who were you fighting with> - Brovkin. Stupid little rooster!
You saw the way I hit him?
But why were you fighting?
How could I not fight him, if we're both roosters,
and neighbours besides?
- Oh! - What's the matter?
- I'm also your neighbour! - [Laughs] But you're not a rooster!
Believe me, I am pleased to meet you!
Furthermore, I'll even introduce you
to my wife - a very clever hen!
As soon as we weave our nest, come visit us.
And when will you weave it?
"When the rye rises" -
so said my wife, Orange Throat.
Hello, lark!
Hello, swallows!
Aren't you a little early?
Not at all. See how the rye has risen!
Podkovkin! Podkovkin!
I'm here!
- Is the nest ready? - It's ready.
My dear, meet - our neighbor!
I'm very glad to meet you! Do come in!
- Is it not cozy? - It is!
A very nice little nest!
It looks charming!
Believe me, I have never been anywhere else as nice!
Perhaps you will sing us something?
With pleasure!
My dear, in order to double the pleasure you receive,
I will sing with him!
Let's start! [Cough]
[Lark sings]
Cherry vyak! Cherry vyaak!
Go on! You both have such beautiful voices!
[Lark sings]
Cherry vyak! Cherry vyaak!
I'm sorry, my voice is off today!
This happens even to me!
I will sing for you next time.
Don't forget and be sure to come and see us
when we have children.
And when will that be?
When the rye blooms.
Time to sleep! Time to sleep!
Is it so late already?
Good night!
Hello, it's me. The rye has blossomed.
And we have children!
Astonishing! Newly born, but already so fast!
My chicks can only raise their heads a little and open their mouths.
Oh, you'll see more than that!
Ko-ko! Ko-ko-ko!
Follow me!
Here, this is a good place!
And very well-suited for a children's playground!
Thank you, Podkovkin!
Cheep! Cheep-cheep-cheep!
Run here!
Oh!
I think I ate it!
How capable your kids are!
I, for one, at their age did not know how to fly yet.
But now you fly so well that no falcon could catch you!
"Falcon," you say. But let me ask you,
What will you do with your children if, God forbid,
a falcon were to actually come flying?
In that case, I'll do this: Cherry vyak!
Hocus-pocus-cherverokus! [Laughs]
One, two, three, Cherverri!
I can only spread my wings in wonder! Astonishing!
Well, I shan't intrude on your time. Goodbye.
When the rye is harvested, look for us where the flax grows.
- Please do visit! - With pleasure!
Look, the Brovkins!
[Alarming music]
Their children are pretty charming!
[Laughs] You're always exaggerating! They're nothing special!
Do not be too demanding, dear!
[Orange Throat]: They cannot all be so handsome as ours!
Look, it's Podkovkin!
Their kids aren't bad at all!
I cannot agree with that! They're very commonplace!
Of course, if you compare them with handsome chicks as ours.
Chirrvi!
Did you see that?
Awful! Awful!
Blue Nose! Such a fine hen!
Poor Brovkin!
He was a brave and noble rooster!
And their children?
The poor Brovkin tots, where are they?
Ko-ko! Ko-ko! Ko-ko!
I'll replace their mother and bring them up as my own children.
You want to adopt them? But you have so many of your own...
Quiet, quiet. We cannot let the orphans perish, with no one looking after them!
That's noble!
Podkovkin! Podkovkin!
I'm here!
- You have moved? - We've moved.
- And the children? - They're studying.
Children!
If she is educated, a young partridge need never be at a loss!
Let's say that an enemy is approaching.
What are our enemies?
- Kites! [Podkovkin]: - What else?
Hawks!
And the most terrible?
Boys!
With slingshots!
That's right!
Dear neighbor, would you please, for clarity's sake,
imitate a boy?
To be honest, I've never attempted it.
But if this is necessary, I will try.
Hide and appear suddenly.
[Podkovkin]: Attention ...
Come out!
Now we stretch out like so...
and get away safely, using the grass for cover!
Ba-boom!
- How was it? - Wonderful! Very good!
Time to sleep! Time to sleep!
Not like that, not like that!
Is it correct to sleep with one's tail to the enemy?
One should always have one's nose facing the enemy!
Good night!
- Everyone's here? - [Chorus] Everyone!
It's time to choose the elder hen!
Let's vote for Red Tail! She brought nine children!
And my wife has ten!
And mine has twelve!
A minute of your attention!
What's that over there?
How many chicks are there?
Twenty-four.
Rooster: - All yours? - All mine!
I propose that we select Orange Throat!
[Clapping]
Thank you for the honour!
Larks!
What if our neighbour is amongst them?
Neighbour! Neighbour!
Everyone, shout!
[Chorus shouts:] Neighbour!
- My dear neighbour! - Just a minute!
- My wife has been elected head hen! - Oh! Congratulations...
- I congratulate with all my soul! - I thank you with all my heart!
I wish you all a happy wintering!
- Have a pleasant journey! [Skylark]: - Until the spring!
- Until the spring! - Until the spring!
Until the spring!
The End Subs by Eus (2012), corrected by Niffiwan (2022), timings by Elena