Creative association "Ekran" 1972
The clock has struck midnight!
Come here. We are in the room of artists.
The pencils sleep, the brushes in their glass sleep.
The telephone will sleep until the morn.
And nobody other than us will know
what happens here every evening.
Hello! Today I will show you my film about a holiday fir tree.
A FIR TREE WAS BORN IN THE WOOD
As for the famous song about the fir tree,
let's all sing it together!
Three-four!
A fir tree was born in the wood. She also grew up there.
In every season, she was slim And needles green did wear.
The Blizzard used to sing a song: "My little Fir, good night!"
Frost used to cover her with snow: "Don't freeze, stay warm tonight."
Sometimes a timid grey hare would Run by her, jumping high,
Sometimes a wolf, an angry wolf, Would trot directly by.
Hark! Snow is crunching in the woods - No doubt, it is a sleigh.
A little horse with shaggy legs Is running on its way.
Inside the sleigh behind the horse, A man sits, resolute -
He'll cut our little fir today... (Down to its very root)
Stop, boy!
Don't you feel bad at chopping down such a pretty little thing?
It'll be better if I give you this fir as a gift,
and you just leave her be.
Let her grow and give joy to all!
Instead, have your fun around her,
with our forest friends.
Once, in the woods a Fir was born. She also grew up there.
And brought much happiness to all The children everywhere.
screenwriter and director Boris Butakov
art director Nataliya Bogomolova
composer V. Smeshnikov camera A. Frango
sound A. Kutsyy montage Nina Butakova
artists I. Beryozin, V. Puhova, G. Chernikova, N. Pomortseva
script editor V. Konovalova assistant director V. Puhova
production director M. Chichelnitskiy
The End
Subs - Niffiwan @ animatsiya.net, song translation partly by Maxim Kushanov