Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow
Portrait
story Sergey Mihalkov director Roman Kachanov art L. Shvartsman, music N. Bogoslovskiy
camera Ye. Petrova, sound G. Martynyuk montage I. Gerasimova, ass. B. Korneyev, T. Dombrovskaya
script editor P. Frolov, production director G. Kruglikov, animators B. Butakov, I. Davidov, V. Zarubin, V. Krumin
Viktor Lihachyov, Igor Podgorskiy, Lidiya Reztsova, Ye. Tannenberg
voice artists Anatoliy Papanov, Anatoliy Kubatskiy, Aleksandr Grave
"GLAVSHISHKA*" * Bureau of pine-cone cultivation
"Photo-portraits"
My wife's 30th birthday is today
I will give her a portrait of me.
Well, how goes? Could you finish up, my friend?
Hold on, another stroke or two
Is it a good resemblance? - You bet it is...
And... I'm done! - How lifelike it looks!
Even a photographer could not do better!
I graduated from the Academy
I see you're no formalist*. * Formalism: Aesthetic enjoyment comes before likeness.
I am a portraitist - An animal painter!
The portrait's good!
It resembles me so much that it sends shivers down my spine.
Here it is, Please accept it as a gift!
Oh, I didn't expect that! Thank you so much!!
My friend, I greet you kindly I come to order a portrait!
I saw your tiger portrait just now What a masterpiece, what skill!
Please, may I order one like it?
- When can you come to pose? - Right away!
Where shall I sit? - Right on that stump!
Can you paint me without legs? - As an invalid?
What? No not like that. I need a half-length portrait. Till here!
That's it. Only the head. - Aha, and as background? - Green grass.
I understand. It will be half-length. But please don't talk to me any more now.
How is going? Can I see it? I am tired of sitting still.
There we are, on the 20th of the month, it's done: my portrait of a donkey.
I have been sitting for it so long, Are you sure you haven't forgotten something?
It's a portrait that looks just like you!
It's not... you cross-eyed hare!
- So how should I portray you, then? - Like... the tiger!
Well, then so be it!
Well, I did all I could.
You helped me with your critique!
I'd never painted donkeys before!
Now that is something else!! I have no words for it!
I thank you with all my heart!
Now, make sure you sign it clearly!
Are you a connoisseur of art, Hedgehog? Isn't that an excellent likeness?
- It's a great likeness. - What a talented portrait!
That tiger... that's me!!
- Amateur hour... - Garbage!
Whose portrait are you showing me? - What? Can't you see it's me?
Only with bad intent is it possible to so disfigure a donkey!
You, bear, are stupid and thick-skinned!
Now it really is a good likeness!
Appreciate critique for the meaning behind its truthful words - Don't be afraid to rub certain donkeys the wrong way with it.
The End Subs by Chapaev & Eus, edited by Niffiwan