A production of "Soyuzmultfilm" 1948
LITTLE GRAY NECK based on the story by D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak
screenplay - Georgiy Berezko, directors - Leonid Amalrik, Vladimir Polkovnikov
dir.'s consultant - Viktor Gromov art director Aleksandr Trusov
composer - Yu. Nikolskiy, camera - Nikolay Voinov, sound - S. Renskiy conductor - G. Gamburg
animators Nadezhda Privalova, Fyodor Hitruk, Aleksandr Belyakov, Faina Yepifanova, B. Petin, I. Staryuk, B. Meyerovich, Tatyana Taranovich, B. Titov, Boris Stepantsev, Boris Meyerovich,
B. Titov, Lamis Bredis, Lidiya Reztsova, Roman Davydov, D. Belov, V. Dolgikh
background artists - G. Nevzorova, Irina Svetlitsa, D. Anpilov, K. Malyshev
technical ass. - I. Kulneva montage - A. Firsova
The first cold autumn weather created a stir among our feathered friends.
Old-timers were checking up on the readiness of the youngsters for that long flight to warmer climes.
One...
...Two...
...Three!
Little Gray Neck!
How you scared me!
Oh, how my heart beats!
We are flying away. Far away, to where it's nice and warm.
Then... this is the end of our friendship.
No! We'll be back again in spring!
Good-bye.
Don't you touch him!
Where's Little Gray Neck?
Where is she?
Ahh!
My darling little daughter!
Little Gray Neck...
Quiet!
Per old custom, you must first squat,
or bad luck will attend ya!
That's right.
And now, happy journey, y'all!
Forward!
Farewell...
It's time to fly away.
Mother!
Hello, Little Gray Neck!
At last! You came!
Well, how's your little wing getting along?
Yeah...
Well, never mind.
It'll be all right again.
Won't you have some cowberries?
Hard to find!
The fox!
Aaah! My old acquaintance! How d'you do?
Why didn't you go south with the others? Could it possibly be you forgot how to fly?
No.
I just thought... it was nicer here.
Is that so? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Yes! I'm very fond of this river!
Dive... dive! You can try all you want, you won't get by!
Aah! How my heart beats!
I've got no time to fool around with you.
I'll wait 'till the frost covers the water with ice.
'Till the frost... covers all the water with ice...
Came the frosts...
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Why don't you go ahead and dive?
Don't you touch her!
It's always the same.
Try to take two hares... and you don't get either.
Ooh! That sure was a close shave!
But I can't fly.
Don't be scared. It's the wise wood grouse.
He knows all.
How do you do, Little Gray Neck?
Is your wing any better?
I can't fly.
What? What's that? I can't hear 'ya.
He's hard of hearing. He makes you repeat things a dozen times.
I'll never... ever be able to fly!
What? Can't hear 'ya!
Do an old man a favour and come up a bit closer, will ya?
I can't fly!
I can't hear ya!
I can't... I can't fly!
I can't fly.
You HAVE flown!
You WILL fly again. You will!
That's good.
That's very good, indeed!
What's that? Could anything have happened?
Aaaah! Little Gray Neck!
Now I've got you!
You've been leading me by the nose a bit too long!
Mother!
My darling daughter.
My Little Gray Neck.
Seeing families unite, The soul revels in delight!
Ah! There goes my heart... again.
The End
(subtitles by Niffiwan & Eus, partly based on the 1950s English dub)