Little Organ
An animated satire in 2 reels adapted from Saltykov-Shchedrin
Screenplay - A.Gayamov, N.Hodatayev
Director - N.Hodatayev
Assistant - A.Kuznetsov
Camera - N.Yemanov
The dance scene was created under the directrion of O.Hodatayeva
Graphic design - G.Yecheistov, N.Hodatayev, D.Cherkes
Music - G.Lobachyov
Sound design - B.Volskiy
Sound operator - S.Renskiy
A production of the Factory of Fictive Animation of the Moscow Film-Combine
There once lived a Tsar...
It is said of his reign:
There were worse times, but none more vile!
("God Save the Tsar" melody)
Your excellency!
I regret to have to report to you
the sad news of the death of your servant
P. Ferdyshchenko, governor of Idiotville.
I await Your most beneficient instructions.
Vermin, police chief of Idiotville.
Loyal servant of the Tsar and the Fatherland.
So the Tsar decides... To send as governor to old Idiotville
the person with the loudest voice!
Just one person stood out.
The blowhard major general Tyrannov-Tyranski.
Little Organ
Produced by command of His Imperial Majesty,
an ingenuous mechanism for perfectly replacing
human reasoning
Edict appointing Tyrannov-Tyranski as governor of Idiotville.
As governor he has to: 1. Possess a uniform.
2. Bring in overdue taxes.
3. Prevent any insurrections,
4. Repress all sciences except mathematics, as a means to calculate taxes.
5. Carefully destroy the common man, for this multiplies the treasury.
In all other matters, he can act as he wishes.
By the will of God, We ...
A festival at Idiotville to welcome the governor! An arch has been erected, the best people stand by...
Vermin, chief of police of Idiotville
We shall prosper because of your glorious actions
I shall destroy!
I shall whip!
Library
I will not support this!
Residence of the governor of Idiotville
Book of overdue taxes from the people of Idiotville and its surrounding settlements.
The people of the settlement Neyulovka
are behind 2 rubles and 43 kopeks in their taxes.
Soldiers, get moving! Collect the taxes from that seditious village!
A feast and spectacle in the honour of the glorious victory.
Part 3: The dance of the allegiance of the police of the district.
Suddenly! Something never seen before!
The troika transports the hero into our city today...
COOPERATIVE
The general is dead for good...
but in remembrance of the past,
a museum keeps the box with his mechanism.
Little Organ
Produced by command of His Imperial Majesty,
An ingenious mechanism for perfectly replacing human reasoning.
The End (subtitles by Eus & Niffiwan)