"Soyuzmultfilm" Film Studio
(Russian traditional lullaby)
Lullaby, lullaby,
don't lie on the edge of your bed.
A little wolf will come
and grasp you.
He will grasp you
and drag you to the forest
under a brittle willow bush.
TALE OF TALES
(old Russian romance/tango, was popular during 1930s)
(-gramophone glitch-)
(Soldiers)
(Triangle letters from the battle front)
(Postman knocking on the window)
Notification
Your husband
faithful to military honour / was buried
courage and valour
was badly wounded
died from wounds
(Fireworks celebrating the end of the War)
Notification
Your husband
...socialist... heroism and courage...
faithful soldier... died... was wounded
died of wounds
(A glass of vodka and a slice of black bread — Russian tradition of commemoration of the dead: >
> they are put "for the soul of the deceased one" and noone touches them)
Your son
Your brother
(brittle willow bush)
Lullaby, lullaby
Don't...
Lullaby, lullaby
don't lie on the border of your bed.
A little wolf will come...
(sigh)
and grasp you!
He'll grasp you
and drag you to the forest
under a brittle willow bush.
Lullaby, lullaby, don't lie on the border of your bed
A little wolf will come and grasp you
and drag you to the forest under a brittle willow bush.