Ekran 1993
Eduard Uspensky Three Goons and a Violinist
No!
Goof-ball!
You need to play:
And...
He was undersized and weakly
but he knew how to play the violin.
Talented people will, most likely,
have furs and diamonds.
Now, these bandits
hated music suites.
They led a life of crime
stole wherever they could.
The bandit's main income is market selling and stealing where'er there's a shortage.
What a night for gangsters at Nikitskaya street.
Streetlights shaded, telephones disabled.
And after a heavy night
cultural leisure awaits 'em.
Ksyusha, Ksyusha, Ksyusha, in her plushy skirts.* *Hitsong at the time
OK!
And this one... Lyokha, Lyokha, Lyokha, I feel so bad without you.
Oh, that's good.
So, this one, this one here...
Meow, meow, meow, sleep, my Larissa.
OK!
And what about mine, what about this one ...Styopa, Styopa, Styopa...
Forgot the rest, eh?...
The child is proud! The hall rises up!
The debut is going brilliantly.
But then, when he walked home from the concert
waving his violin,
The three goons approached him
with a bandit's smile.
The hooligans said:
Empty your pockets!
Take everything out piece by piece:
money, gum, chocolate.
Talented people must have fur and diamonds.
But he had nothing of the sort in his pockets.
Only on two subway tickets
and horsehair for his bow.
Then the bandits, taking out a knife, said:
My dear lad,
You will go home now,
and leave us the violin.
You, you know, had a happy childhood,
But we, you know, are out of funds.
Therefore, in this difficult moment
you simply must give us the instrument.
For me to give you the violin...
No, that would be a mistake.
No!
But could I give you the bow?!...
No way! I'm no fool.
Since you don't give us a violin,
are rude and contrary,
maybe you will sing us something?
Lech, Lech, Lech ...
Or maybe you'll play.
So then he opened the case and stood upright
And the bandits listened to sonatas and suites.
And since then - I beg you, believe me -
they sit at the boy's every concert
seated, dressed neatly, and listening to Bach and Liszt.
But nevertheless, the hooligans remained hooligans.
They are interested in the recital as well as pickable pockets
But everything that is stolen
is returned back.
But everything that is returned
is then stolen again.
No no! Everything!
But everything that is stolen
is returned back.
Script E. Uspensky, N. Lerner Director Natan Lerner
Art-directors Yu. Isaykin, B. Moiseyev Camera K. Ineshin & Assistant I. Morgunov
Music M. Meyerovich Sound V. Azarovsky
Animators: M Fedoseyeva, I. Korobko, P. Petrov
Background art N. Sapuntsovam I. Mednik
Voices: A. Lushchik, L. Gnilova, O. Prokofyeva
Puppets: G. Bogachev, V. Shafranyuk A. Mulyukina, Ye. Pokrovskaya, N. Panteleyeva L. Doronina, V. Sletkov, A. Draigov, Ye. Leonova, G. Kruglova, I. Hilov
Montage T. Morgunova Text Editor T. Borodina
Music editor I. Aristova Producer Ye. Bobrovskaya
The film uses music by J. S. Bach and A. Vivaldi
The End Subs by Lemicnor & Eus, ed. Niffiwan October 2021
Creative association "Ekran" Studio for TV animations 1993