Soyuztelefilm 1991
Every morning, after the last star settles
the sun rises over the forest,
and the girl that comes to fetch the water,
sings as brightly as a bird.
You need to be working, not singing.
The Obedient Pupil
Based on Indian folk tales
Cheep-cheep-cheep.
Guli-Guli.
He's reading a verdict.
He sneezes.
Gesundheit, your Highness!
What was their fault, teacher?
The Book of Life will give you all the answers.
He reads aloud:
"He who keeps silent, lives in peace with everyone."
He reads on: "And he who lives in peace will be saved."
You need to work, not have your head in the clouds.
My son, answer Us: are you sick, or are you keeping your silence out of stubbornness?
We await your reply.
We await attentively.
If the peacock had not screamed, he would not have been taken by the vulture.
He's scolding him.
If I wouldn't have spoken, my father would not have driven me away.
You need to work, not wander about.
What is that, brothers?
I heard this once before. Everyone was shouting that it was an elephant.
Where is the elephant? Show me the elephant!
He expresses impatience.
Well, it's an ordinary rope.
What rope? It's a barrel!
It's a pillar. It's a pillar.
No! An elephant - is like a snake.
-A barrel. - A pillar.
- A snake. - A rope.
They're fighting.
Hey, good man, has a boy passed by here?
You need to work, not ask foolish questions.
Hey, pal, look after my herd!
What? Don't you pinch my hay.
Ah? You're right, I'll give you this little limping lamb for it.
I did not touch her. How do I know why she's lame?
Sir, settle our quarrel.
- Look, I'm giving him a lamb. - How do I know why she's limping?
It's nothing, she isn't limping that badly.
Ay-ay, my flock!
Oh, my hay, my hay!
Good people, have you met an elephant with a boy on its back?
- An elephant - is like a snake. - A barrel. - A pillar. - A rope.
Stop. I understand your dispute.
One should not judge the whole by its parts.
Try to combine all that you know.
Good people, has an elephant passed through here?
It's all because of this fool!
- I won't give him any hay. - My flock is scattered.
They're brawling.
Stop.
I do not know what your dispute is.
But if each of you puts himself in the other's place,
you'll surely understand each other.
Ah? Speak more loudly!
Ah!...
Catch!
Hey, good man, why didn't you help the drowning man?
He did not ask.
- Why didn't you ask? - I kept my silence.
He who is silent will be saved. This I read in your book.
You see? You have now understood for yourself
that we must always act in life
as the Wise advise us to act.
Every morning, after the last star settles
the sun rises over the forest,
and the girl that comes to fetch the water,
sings as brightly as a bird.
On this film worked: A. Parhomenko
Oleg Yegorov Yulian Kalisher
Lyudmila Tanasenko Yelena Zelyonina
Leonard Kolvinkovsky
Vladimir Nazarov O. Solomonova
Ye. Lopatnikova
F. Gasanov G. Orduyan
S. Simuhina
O. Hrustalyeva A. Feodoridi
Z. Sarayeva
Synchronisation:
M. Gluzskiy
Paint from the firm "Talens" from the Netherlands was used in the film
THE END Subtitles by Lemicnor, Eus & Niffiwan March 2020