Federal Agency of Culture and Cenimatography
Pilot big animation studio
presents
We live in Russia
The coat of arms of Russia features the two headed eagle
In its center is St. George slaying the dragon.
Russia's flag has three colors - White, blue and red.
Our capital is Moscow
Russia is the biggest country in the world
You couldn't even count how many lakes and rivers it has.
The most important lake district is Karelia
In Lake Onega, Kizhi Island, is like a fairy tale, the old wooden church
is built without a single nail.
The capital of Karelia is Petrozavodsk
In the days of Czar Peter canons, iron ship anchors, bells and swords were forged here.
The Karelian forests have the biggest berries,
and the biggest mushrooms,
and here also fly, wouldn't you believe it, the worlds biggest mosquitoes.
In these territories they make of birch bark the funniest animals: bears, goats, sheep...
And they tell many different stories about them.
Every one of them is like a precious gem
Mountain of Gems
About a Goat and a Ram
There once was a man who had a Ram and - where is he -
Well, um, well... who was it...
Oh, there he is, a Goat.
Go away!
Go to h...
One day a lot of guests came to visit the master.
Oh welcome!
He decided to slaughter the ram.
A ram is more tasty than a goat anyway.
Ram!... Ram!
They're going to slaughter you!
Let's run away to the forest! - But what about hay?
- There's tons of hay there!
Well, okay, let's run...
Oh!..Where is he?!...Oh?!...He's Gone!! Ah?..
So they agreed and left.
They went on and on until suddenly they saw a cow skull.
Oh, wow! What a head!
You know what, go and put this skull into the bag.
What bag?
Ah... Why on earth do we need it? - Just take it...
It might come in handy someday
Why on earth would it? A wisp of hay would be better.
You dumb sheep!
There we go, you call me names at every trifle.
Nevertheless, the ram obeyed the goat,
and took the skull with him as they went into the woods.
They got into a really dense thicket
while the night grew so cold that steam came out of their noses.
It's getting cold. My tail is all frozen!
Look there! A fire! Let's go. Maybe we can get warm there.
- There's our supper. - That's it. We're done for!
- Done for what? - Quiet, hold on...
- Hey guys! - Hello!
Well? Just sitting here, eh? You got cold or something?
Warming ourselves!
Well, it is getting cold, of course
Hey, that thing in the bag... Let's have it!
We should make a meat jelly! The main protection against cold
is to make sure you don't starve to death... bring it out!
What?
Come on, bring it out! You know, a wolf's head!
And pick a big one!
It'll make the jelly richer.
Here...well...e-eh... Here's what I got.
Not that one... there is another one with more teeth!
You mean this one?
You really are a dumb sheep, wrong one again...
The one that's at the very bottom! Get that one. Come on... the fatter one.
- Which one do you mean? - The one we cut off the last!
Such beautiful ears! What a great wolf!
Just what we need. Let's stew it!
- Did you see that?!! A whole bag! - We should run!
So, do you have a pot or a bucket without holes?
We have a bucket, it's there... Under the rotten tree... it's hidden..
Go, run!! Get the bucket.
I'll go and follow them!!
Well... what's the hurry?
Oh, we're in such trouble!
Well, uh, a goat and a ram came to us,
they have a big bag of wolves' heads So we got scared..
Oh, you're such fools! Scared of a goat and a ram.
Let's go back.
It's time for supper
- We're almost there. - We'll get to the bottom of this...
Hey, get up! Get in the oak.
- Why? - Come on, ram!
Here we are!
Well?
So where's that goat? And where's that ram?
- Where? - I don't know.
They were sitting right here.
- E-ew...goat!!! - Yeah. It's a puzzle.
I'll have use fortune-telling.
A boar taught me to fortune-tell
using acorns!
Get me some acorns, guys. I'll use them to fortune-tell.
I'll be able to tell where the goat and the ram are. Acorns won't lie.
- I'll fall... My hooves are getting tired... - Hold on, hold on, dear ram!
- I don't see any acorns... - There, there's loads of them!
Hold on! Hold on!
Get the bear! Forget about the wolves! We must get the bear! Come on!
Get the bear!
MAMA!
So why on earth are we sitting here, huh?
Some hay'd be nice!
Let's build a hut and live here! Yeah?
Let's!
So that's what they did. They built a hut...
and lived in it for a hundred and three years.
And the wolves served them.
And the bear worked at the bee-garden. Always nice to be close to honey.
So that's what happened to them.
Script Natalya Berezovaya, Yelena Komarova Dialogues Yuriy Koval
Director Natalya Berezovaya Artistic supervisor Eduard Nazarov
Art directors Irina Litmanovich, Yelena Komarova
Music Aleksandr Pinegin, Mihail Samoylov Recorded at Film-company "Oryol", Sound Andrey Samohin
Voices Viktor Suhorukov, Aleksndr Polovtsev Sergey Garmash, Sergey Stepanchenko, Eduard Nazarov
Ass. art director Olga Antonenkova Ass. director Oksana Fomushkina
Animators S. Biryukov, K. Gvozdev, Ye. Grosheva, Ya. Dronina, Ye, Boykova, Ye, Golyankova, Ye. Grushina, V. Zaharov, S. Zimina
S. Kiryakin, V. Koretskiy, Ye. Lazareva, M. Tyabut, R. Kozich, T. Kochetova, O. Merkuryeva, Ye. Tabakh, T. Yatsyna, supervised by A. Sokolov
and more artists
Technicians A. Gankov, M. Kullanda, A. Shilyayeva Production director Lyudmila Kopteva
Intro: Sergey Merinov & team
Art-council E. Nazorov, A. Tatarskiy, M. Aldashin, V. Telegin, G. Zakolodyazhnyy
Overall project producer Igor Gelashvilii Production Irina Kaplichnaya
Project supervisor A. Tatarskiy
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