Creative Union "Ekran" ("Screen")
Straw Lark* *A straw figure made at the start & burned at the end of Maslenitsa*
Maslenitsa - butter week, or pancake week is an Orthodox festival of pagan origin, comparable to Mardi Gras/Carnaval/the British Shrove Tuesday.
Celebrated the 7th week before Orthodox Easter, preceding the onset of the Great Lent That week no meat, only butter, eggs & milk can be eaten.
The straw figure symbolizes Winter. Maslenitsa is a spring festival celebrating the nearing end of winter.
Let's go for a ride!
Come on, let's go!
Oh my dear ones!
Get ready!
The puppet master's here!
[...]
Whose yard is this? It is simply the best.
The best in 12 miles.
There was a tree in this yard.
Caesarenushka was sitting on that tree.
Caesarenushka sits there laughing.
And Ivanushka rides a horse.
He wants to shoot an eagle.
Don't shoot, don't shoot, I can be of service.
When you get married, I'll stand at the gate and hold the horse.
How in the pancake week the flap-jacks fly from the oven.
Ooh, pancakes, my pancakes, butter pancakes.
We ride down the hills, and of pancakes eat our fill.
Ooh, pancakes, my pancakes, butter pancakes.
We accompanied her, And will not miss her.
Good-bye, mockingbird lady.* * AKA Straw lark
Good-bye, mockingbird lady.
Strike! Strike! Strike it down!
You burn, burn, straw. Away, winter, sink to the bottom.
Send spring to us!
Skylarks, come and join us.
Bring spring on your tail.
On the ard, the harrow, the rye furrow.
Love her; beat her.
Spring-Red, what have you come on?
On the beanpole, on the furrow,
On the oat spikelet, on the wheat pastry.
Take care of the spring, take care, don't lose it.
If you miss it, bad luck. Winter will stay.
Spring, spring, with your golden keys,
Lock up the fierce winter, spring!
Unlock the warm summer!
Take care of the spring. Don't lose it.
If you miss it, bad luck. Winter will stay.
Save the spring. Save it.
A frightful bird comes.
Budding spring it will steal, steal, steal
away into his cold kingdom.
Save the spring. Save it.
If you miss it, bad luck. Winter will stay.
Save Spring. Save it.
Lost the spring, didn't save it!
You didn't save it!
Didn't save it.
Return, return spring!
Return!
Come save spring,
Drive out the bird.
Don't be shy, light it
light the day.
I'll burn up in the fire
I'll give you a friend.
Come save spring,
Drive the bird out.
Will you free spring from its captivity?
Will you beat the frightful bird?
Will you not be afraid of it?
Don't be shy, light it.
Burn me down.
I'll burn up in the fire.
I'll give you a friend.
You will follow him.
Don't look back at me.
Keep moving, keep moving
don't turn around.
Get lost!
Oh! What a green forest!
Hither and thither...
I'll separate you!
Wander about!
Don't go on!
Wander about!
No, I won't return. I must rescue Spring!
Talcan the Warrior!
O, I'll ride onto the open field!
O, I'll ride to sight my enemies.
I'll sight my enemies, and trample them with my horse.
With my sword I'll hit them, and with my spear I'll spear them.
Your spear.
Hold on, Talcan, I got it.
Ugh!
Where are they?
Would you look at that!
Aw!
Wow! Thank you so much!
You'll go after him.
Don't look back at me.
Keep moving, keep moving
don't turn around.
Turn around.
Make a mistake.
You're bad, you were fooled!
Die!
Turn tail!
Return!
Don't go on!
Turn tail!
Return!
Take this!
Don't go on!
Take that!
Return the spring
you evil bird.
You've won.
Go and take spring.
Skylarks, fly to us
fly to us.
Grow,
grow, grow up
green forest.
Green forest.
Well, aren't you a brave one!
Here, take your spring!
Oh, during butter-week pancakes flew from the oven!
Oh my pancakes, my buttery pancakes!
I brought the spring!
I got the spring back!
You burn, burn, straw. Away, winter, sink to the bottom.
Send spring here!
Skylarks, fly and join us.
Bring spring on your tail.
On the ard, the harrow, the rye furrow.
Here, look at this:
I've brought back spring!
Good for you!
Screenplay by Yu.Sidorov, V.Novatskiy Directed by Yu.Trofimov
Art directors: Yu.Trofimov, I.Vorobyova Camera: Ye.Turevich
Composer: Dmitriy Pokrovskiy Sound: B. Azarovskiy
others: T.Molodova, O.Degtyareva, O.Anashkina, V.Karavayev, V.Shafranyuk,
G.Bogachyov, L.Nasonova, A.Kuznetsov, Ye.Pokrovskaya, G.Kruglova,
L.Georgiyeva, V.Konovalova, Ye.Bobrovskaya
Folk music ensemble under the supervision of Dmitriy Pokrovskiy
The End (subtitles by Eus, Niffiwan, Chapaev)