Soyuzmultfilm 1986
The Rooster and the Boyar* *(noble) Based on a Russian folk tale
screenwriter Ivan Ivanov-Vano director, art-director Lev Milchin
composer Yan Frenkel camera Mihail Druyan sound Boris Filchikov
Animators: Aleksandr Panov, Tatyana Pomerantseva, Marina Rogova, Valentin Kushneryov
voices Avangard Leontiev, Klara Rumyanova, R. Ovchinnikov, Nikolay Grabbe, Yuriy Katin-Yartsev
backgrounds Irina Troyanova, Tatyana Ilyina, A. Karaseva, Tatyana Kolosova, A. Radkovskaya
script editor Raisa Frichinskaya montage O. Vasilenko assistant director O. Apanasova
production director Liliana Monahova
Long, long ago,
there lived an old man and an old woman.
They were very poor. They had no bread.
One day, they went into the forest,
gathered some acorns, brought them home,
crushed them, and began to eat.
After eating for some time - maybe a long time, maybe not -
the old woman dropped one acorn into the cellar.
The acorn sprouted and in a short time grew as high as the floor.
Old man, listen, old man: we need to cut through the floor.
Let the oak tree grow taller.
Ah, when our oak tree grows, we won't have to go to the forest for acorns.
We'll pick them inside our hut.
The old man took apart the ceiling and made a hole in the roof,
but the tree kept growing and growing.
And it grew all the way to the sky.
The old man took a bag
and climbed the oak tree to get acorns.
He climbed and climbed and at last reached the sky.
The old man walked across the sky, looked around:
but there were no acorns.
The old man became upset.
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Don't be upset, old man.
Here, take these millstones. They'll come in handy.
What do I need them for? What am I going to grind with them?
Take them, take them, bring them to your old woman.
Hey, old man, take me with you also.
You and the old woman are like little children; you'll be lost without me.
Well, old woman, I sure am tired.
Old woman, I brought something else.
Hold on, hold on, let me try these millstones.
Deary me!
Pancake, pie. Pancake, pie. Pancake, pie. Pancake, pie.
Hey, old woman,
do you have anything to eat?
What can I give you to eat, dear?
Maybe some pancakes would do?
Hey, old woman, sell me your millstones.
No, I can't sell them.
Sell them! Sell them, old woman, don't be stubborn!
No, I won't sell them. I can't.
Then the boyar went and stole her millstones.
Don't cry, grandma! Don't grieve, grandpa!
I'll fly, catch up with him, and bring back your millstones!
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Hey, boyar, boyar,
give back our millstones that you stole from the old man and the old woman!
Hey, servants!
Catch this loudmouth and throw him into the water!
Nose, nose, drink water! Mouth, mouth, drink water!
Boyar, boyar, give us back our millstones! Give them back, boyar!
But the boyar called the cook
and ordered him to catch the rooster and throw him into the oven.
Right into the fire!
Give it back, boyar, give it back!
Nose, nose, pour water! Mouth, mouth, pour water!
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Boyar, boyar, give us back our millstones! Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Give us back our millstones, boyar! Give them back!
You'll find out, boyar, what it means to steal other people's millstones!
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
The rooster returned the millstones, delighting the old couple.
That's the end of the fairy tale!
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