"Soyuzmultfilm" production Moscow, 1954
The Signature Is Illegible
screenwriter L. Lench director-producer Aleksander Ivanov
director L. Pozdneyev art directors I. Znamenskiy, V. Lalayants
characters designed by Boris Yefimov composer N. Bogoslovskiy
camera N. Voinov, sound I. Prilutskiy ass. director F. Goldshteyn, ass. montage V. Ivanova
animators Faina Yepifanova, Dmitriy Belov, Yelizaveta Komova, Roman Davydov,
Lidiya Reztsova, Kirill Malyantovich, Tatyana Fyodorova, Boris Stepantsev, Vladimir Pekar, S. Stepanov,
backgrounds Vera Valerianova, Pyotr Korobayev, Irina Troyanova, Olga Gemmerling, I. Prokofyeva, Galina Nevzorova
Management of "Incubator" hatching cooperative
Editorial staff of the "Soft-boiled Egg" magazine
Shell department
Giblets section
Consultants
Department Secretary
Director Mole
Hello. Mole is busy.
He has a meeting. I don't know.
- Hello. - Hello.
I'm here to see Mole.
The director is busy.
I'll wait.
He will be busy for a long time. He has a meeting.
Hello. Yes, this is Incubator.
I cannot. Mole is unreachable.
He has a meeting. Call later.
Squirrel, can I see Himself?
- He's in a meeting. - These eternal meetings...
- Kitty, did you hear?
- What happened? - Amazing news!
Foreign tails will become available tomorrow.
- Of various sorts? - Of various sorts!
I can imagine what will happen.
Yes... Before you can get a foreign one,
your own will be torn off.
Sorry, no admittance.
There's a meeting. Come back later.
I was called to a meeting.
Sorry, you weren't called to this meeting,
but to a meeting about preparations for the general meeting.
So, when will our meeting begin?
Your meeting will begin immediately after this meeting.
Right. And when will they finish?
Only Mole himself knows that.
Right. I understand.
- He's so prickly. - A real critic.
You know, I was sitting there and literally just admiring you.
- You are so businesslike, energetic. - Oh, don't you start.
No, really.
The entire company rests on you.
And is that appreciated?
One spins around here all day, like a squirrel in a wheel. What's the point?
Excuse me.
I cannot. Mole is unreachable. A meeting. Call later.
Squirrel, won't you be so kind as to report my presence to Mole?
I told you, he's busy.
If you ask him, he will accept.
You are so sweet.
- It is forbidden. - So graceful.
- It is very difficult. - So fluffy.
Really, I don't know.
What wonderful fur you have!
I know Silver Fox, but I must admit - yours is better.
Humph, Silver Fox!
A horrible poseur. Thinks she's irresistible.
But she herself is all gray.
Between you and me, she colours her hair.
- Does she really? - I give you my word.
Tomorrow all her fans will know about this!
I have a huge request for you, Squirrel: let me through to see Mole for one little minute.
Wow, how... persistent you are.
Sit down. I'll try.
So, the score is open: 1 - 0 in favor of the Overtake football team.
The teams are at their places. The game has begun.
Overtake's in the lead. Overtake's center takes possession of the ball. Kick. Goal!
Let me remind you: the score is 2 - 0 in favor of the Overtake team.
The more eggs, the more chicks.
The mole will only let you in.
Luck is with me.
Tram-tari-riri-riri-ram...
Yes...
So, then. We do need workers.
- Where did you say you worked? - In the cheese warehouse.
So, then. 2 - 0. Wonderful!
- Excuse me, what did you say? - I said, what did you make?
Holes in the cheese.
Let's go to the second half. The football teams restart..
Very good. Very!
- Is there a character reference? - Yes.
Coped...
Exceeded...
...was not doubted.
Resigned of his own free will.
Signature...
Signature, signature...
So, then. Well, if you can handle cheese, I think you can handle eggs.
- I think so too. - Go to the incubator.
"Incubator"
Trezor Trezorovich, my respect!
En Guard! We are robbed!
Well, Trezor Trezorovich, are you on guard?
I'm on guard, my brother, I'm on guard.
I, my brother, am strict about this.
- I won't let even a mosquito sharpen its nose. - Well...
- Who is that? - A new employee. They took him in the other day.
So, then.
The meeting regarding the issue of the eaten eggs I now declare opened.
- Who wishes to speak? - Allow me.
All right. Only speak briefly, in terms of "what should we do".
We must harshly condemn and stigmatize the culprit.
But we don't know who ate the eggs.
Can this circumstance stop us?
No!
In the end, it doesn't even matter who broke the outer layer of the egg, the so-called shell,
and gobbled it up... excuse me, ate its contents, the so-called yolk and white.
Everyone knows that eggs are nutritious and delicious.
And you will find many who wish to eat them.
Undoubtedly.
But since we do not know who ate the eggs,
we cannot say that these eggs have been eaten.
What do they tell us... or rather, what do they scream, those eaten eggs?
They tell us... or rather, scream to us
that we all take poor, meager, and insufficient care of our dear incubator.
The landscaping plan has not yet been completed.
The linden trees are not planted. The flower beds not there yet. The fountain is not built.
I ask you: where is the fountain?
Why doesn't this vital water stream hit... its planned mark?
I'm done.
- Allow me. - Go ahead.
I agree with the previous speaker.
A fountain really is necessary.
But why must it use water?
Why not milk?
Absolutely right! The idea of having a milk stream is excellent!
I would suggest not with one jet, but...
So, then. The question is clear. I suggest we wrap up.
The culprit is he who lost the sense of responsibility and vigilance,
and allowed the very possibility for eggs to be eaten!
Right.
But who is to blame?
I'm old, but I'm an honest dog.
I'd never allow myself to do that!
Don't worry, old man! We will bring the culprits into the light.
Tell me, how could you hire a thief?
So, then.
I don't know... He had a good reference.
- From whom? - I don't know.
Let's sort it out.
The signature is illegible.
Oh, boy... these are just squiggles.
Only sheep sign their names this way.
...And, of course, they sorted it out...
Director Mole
Director ...
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