The Flower with Seven Colours Soyuzmultfilm 1948
screenwriter Valentin Katayev words (poems) Mihail Volpin
director Mihail Tsehanovskiy art directors Lev Milchin, Vera Rodzhero composer Yuriy Levitin
consultant director Viktor Gromov assistant director Vera Tsekhanovskaya
camera Mihail Druyan sound S. Rensky, montage Lidiya Kyaksht
animators Pyotr Repkin, Tatyana Fyodorova, Lidiya Reztsova, Faina Yepifanova,
L. Popov, Fyodor Hitruk, Dmitriy Belov, Aleksandr Belyakov, Tatyana Taranovich
backgrounds Irina Troyanova technical assistant N. Orlova
voice artists: Granny - Tatyana Barysheva Girl - Natalia Zashchipina Vitya - Borya Omehin
"Bagels, bread, crackers"
One, two, three, four ...
Oh! A new sign!
Ki-tch-en-wa...
Oh, no. This is too long for little kids.
Oh, how many crows all around!
There are, if I made a guess, a million, and no less!
Let me count them.
There is a crow
on the balcony railing - one!
A second crow on the roof of the barn - two!
And another on the roof, except it's a little higher - three!
Ah, Mummy!
Granny!
Don't cry, my girl! Don't cry, little one! I know everything.
I even know why the dog ate your bagels.
Why?
- Because you were walking and not paying attention, - Yes
- looking around, reading displays, - Yes
- counting crows. - Yes.
How did you know? Are you smart?
No, I'm cunning!
Never mind, Jenya, do not cry! I'll help you.
Come with me, Jenechka.
Of course, I don't have any bagels or any money either.
But that's not what happiness is about. Where is my bell?
Come here, cloud!
Cloud, stop!
Water my garden.
This is not a common flower. It is magical!
It can make any of your wishes come true!
- But how? - It's simple!
Just tear off one of its petals:
yellow, green, blue,
orange, purple
red or pink -
throw it up
and say: Fly my petal, fly away,
From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
And your wish will come true. Do you understand?
I understand, I understand!
- Then repeat! - Fly my petal, fly away,
Fly... fly... to the Far East today...
I forgot!
Oh, you airhead! Try to remember!
Oh, I remember!
Fly my petal, fly away, From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
Make me be home and have my bagels!
- Mum! - You're back already?
Yes, Mum, I'm back already.
How did you come in without me noticing?
I don't know...
Did you get the bagels?
Yes, Mummy, I did.
You clever girl, thank you, daughter!
This flower truly is exceptional!
I should put it in the most beautiful vase.
In the most beautiful!
Oh, how many crows!
You broke something again. You're so clumsy.
Was it my favourite vase?
No, no, Mummy!
Fly my petal, fly away, From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
Make it so that the vase becomes whole again!
Wow, so it's true? It really is magical!
This is simply unbelievable!
It means that anywhere, any time I will get what I want instantly!
Now I only need to want...
...something that is really, really interesting!
- I'll will wish me... - Hooray!
We can see the North Pole!
Go away, little girl! Go away! Don't get in the way.
Go away, don't get in the way!
Come on boys, let me play.
Yeah, right! Can't you see? This is the North Pole!
We don't take girls to the North Pole!
- So you won't take me?
- Hooray!
Fine, be like that!
I'll get to the North Pole without you.
Except not the one you're going to, but the real one!!
Fly my petal, fly away, From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
I wish to be at at the North Pole right now!
Mister, hey, mister!
Mister, do you bite?
- Mister, this is the North Pole, right? - Uh-huh.
The North Pole! North Pole! The North Pole!
- Mister, those are the North Lights, right? - Yeah.
And what are those, mister? Are they seals?
Wow, how many of them there are! Let me count them!
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
I am going to eat you, little girl!
Oh, Mummy!
Aaa...
Fly my petal, fly away, From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
Let this mean bear find himself in a zoo cage right away!
So now I've been to the North Pole!
What else that's interesting can I wish for?
Let me wish for...
No, not that...
No. No, not that...
If I eat something yummy, then there won't be anything left!
Maybe I should wish for a toy!
Only... which one?
Wow, what a doll!
Girl, what is the name of your doll?
I named her Matilda!
I'm going with Matilda to a toy shop.
Let me help you.
You'll be Matilda's mum, and I'll be Matilda's babysitter.
You'll walk next to us
And I'll walk her in a stroller. Okay?
I don't want to!
Just for a little bit!
No, don't touch my Matilda!
Your hands are dirty. You probably have a runny nose.
You'll make her sick.
And anyway, you should have your own toys!
You won't let me?
No, you should have your own toys.
Well, then, don't!
I'll show you who has toys!
Then we'll see!
Fly my petal, fly away, From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
Let all the toys of the world... be mine!
Oh, no, I don't want this! I'm scared!
Oh, oh!
Enough! Oh! Enough!
I don't need this many toys at all!
I was just kidding! I'm scared!
I do not need more toys!
I was joking! I'm scared, scared, scared!
Fly my petal, fly away, From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
Make all the toys go back to the stores!
I only have one petal left.
I wasted so many petals, and got no enjoyment!
But it's OK! At least I still have one more left!
I'll wish for something very useful!
First of all, 400 grams of candies,
of course, flat ones, and round ones,
a toy primus, stove and cabinet.
fifteen cheesecakes and muffins,
a full plate of Chinese nuts,
and a huge fish with caviar,
and also a jack in the box,
and a pink children's rainjacket,
then some sandals and a white hat.
a green rabbit soap.
a toy stove, which I already mentioned,
a soft sitting cube, a live hedgehog,
four cakes, a pound roasting, ???
and a vase full to the brim of blossoms
and all of this right away!
Then a jack in the box and a pink cape...
What are you talking about, girl?
Me? Nothing.
- Boy, what's your name? - Vitya.
- And yours? - Jenya.
Vitya, you know what? Let's play!
- Play what? - Tag!
Vitya, where are you going?
Wait, Vitya, wait!
I didn't know!
Did you really not know?
I give you my word, I didn't know.
I just you really liked you and wanted to run around with you.
I also really liked you.
I'd be glad to run around, too.
But I can't.
That's so unpleasant.
Unfortunately, it's for life.
For life?
You're talking nonsense, Vitya!
Here, look!
Fly my petal, fly away, From the west, fly east today,
And once you've come back this way, Carry out just what I say.
I wish for Vitya to become healthy!
Vitya, where did we end up?
I don't know.
I think we got lost.
I think so too.
How are we going to get back home?
That's not a problem! I'll get it all fixed.
Where is my flower?
Vitya, I'm tearing off a petal! Oh no!
What happened?
I don't have any petals left.
Only the stalk is left. We're doomed!
Are you once again crying near my garden?
Granny!
I know, I know. You don't have to explain.
I spent my last petal on him.
Look, only the stalk is left!
I know everything.
This stalk had seven magical petals.
Six of them you wasted completely.
They flew away and will never return.
But one petal, the pink one, you spent for a good reason!
You helped the boy Vitya!
This petal flew around a bit, made a circle and came back to me.
Here it is! Look how beautiful and fresh it is!
Maybe I can grow a new flower out of it for you,
a new seven-petaled flower.
Let's go.
Where is my shovel?
Where is my bell?
Vitya, dig a hole here.
And now, Jenya, plant your stalk here.
Pour, pour, don't hold back your water!
Well? Is it growing yet?
Not yet, no.
All right cloud, pour even harder! It's growing.
It's growing! It's growing!
The End Translation by Svetlana 7733, subs by Eus Revised by Niffiwan (2025)