Soyuzmultfilm Studio
"Vanya and the Crocodile"
From the story "The Crocodile" by Korney Chukovsky
Screenwriter - D. Polonskiy, Director - N. Dabizha
Art director - M. Heisman, T. Arzamasova
Cinematographers - V. Sidorov, S. Khlebchikov
Composer - I. Katayev, Sound director - V. Kutuzov
Narrator - O. Tabakov
Animators - S. Kositsyn, O. Panokina, M. Pisman, N. Dabizha
Editor - N. Treshcheva, Script editor - E. Nikitkina
Puppets and sets: V. Abbakumov, V. Alinsov, N. Barkovskaya, N. Greenberg, V. Grishin,
L. Lyutinskaya, M. Koltunov, V. Ladygan, P. Gusev, O. Masachnov,
V. Maslov, N. Moleva, V. Petrov, M. Chesnokova
N. Serebryakov, G. Khmara
Once upon a time...there once lived...
Now who was it that once lived? Hm...
Ah, I know!
A crocodile!
It went like this:
Once upon a time, there was a crocodile.
and along the streets he walked.
Excuse me...um...
He walked through the streets!
And he spoke in Turkish!:
Krokodil. Krokodil Krokodilovich!
People went after him, singing and screaming!
What a beast! It's so ugly!
What a nose! What a mouth!
Where could such a monster come from?
Schoolkids and chimneysweeps went after him too!
Push him, and offend him!
Offend him and push him!
And the Crocodile looked back,
And swallowed the guard dog whole!
He swallowed him,
Collar and all!
Hey, get him! Tie him up!
Take him to the police, quick!
How dare you come here, walking around!
Speaking Turkish!
Crocodiles aren't allowed to walk around here!
Yeah, yeah, yeah! It's forbidden!
They all trembled with fear!
They all squealed with fear!
They all trembled, trembled, trembled!
Only one citizen did not squeal, did not shake.
It was the valiant Vanya Vasinchikov!
The valiant Vanya Vasinchikov!
He was a fighter, and a good boy!
A daring hero!
Without a nanny he walked through the streets!
And he said: "You are evil, eating people!"
"So my sword will cut your head from your shoulders!"
And with that, he waved his toy sword!
He's a fighter, a winner, a fighter, a winner!
He's a daring hero!
He walks the streets without a nanny!
And the crocodile said:
"You've defeated me!"
"Everything that I swallowed,"
"I'll give back to you with joy!"
Out of his belly he came, without a scratch!
Without a scratch he appeared from the belly of the crocodile!
Everyone danced and cheered
They all kissed sweet Vanya,
and from every yard there rang a loud "Hoorah!"
Long live Vanya Vasinchikov!
And they gave him a reward!
A hundred pounds of grapes,
A hundred pounds of marmalade,
A hundred pounds of chocolate,
and a thousand servings of ice cream!
The End