Soyuzmultfilm 1985
The riddle of the Sphinx (based on the frescoes of ancient Egypt)
written by Vladimir Pekar & Alexander Timofeyevsky
directed by Vladimir Pekar art director Tatiana Kolusheva
music Eduard Artemyev
camera Kabul Rasulov sound Boris Filchikov
text is read by Michael Kozakov text writer Alexander Timofeyevsky
animators Galina Zebrova, Marina Voskaniants, Dmitry Kulikov, Violetta Kolesnikova,
Antonina Alyoshina, Sergei Dezhkin, Alexander Markelov
Background artists Irina Sobyanina, Irina Svetlitsa, Nikolai Mitrokhin
Assistant director O Apanasova
script editor Petr Frolov cutter Elena Beliavskaya
executive producer Liliana Monakhova
Once in Ancient Egypt
There was a man of the family of kings,
whose name was Amanekht.
In a secret scroll
Amanekht read,
that in the tomb of Nefer-ka-Ptah
a book was hidden
contained records of everything that was to happen to Amanekht
and everyone else living under the sun.
He said to himself: "Amanekht,
Those who sow grains
and gather emmer-corn,
and harvest, have fun and dance.
They do not know
what awaits them tomorrow.
I shall know
and thus become the equal of the gods.
To enter the tomb,
Amanekht recited a spell:
Disappear, Ptah!
Be done for, Ptah!
Let the mighty Ra come forward!
Let me see the holy book!
Suddenly the voice of the sphinx sounded :
When the black becomes white,
and the white will turn out gold,
you'll receive answers to your inquiry.
The door of the tomb will open,
And you can again behold the holy book,
Unravel this mystery and
you unravel the secret.
otherwise you forget even the path
into the tomb of Nefer-ka-Ptah,
Ra, casting his rays
shapes the earth,
Time and again sailing over her in his boat.
One day Amanekht's father died
And the young man became the ruler of Egypt.
Black Nubian priests
Kneeling down for Isis in her white feather-cover,
Gods crowning me to wear the golden Collar,
I understand the meaning of this rite -
whispered the young pharaoh
and he jubilantly exclaimed:
Finally! The mystery is solved!
I nearly need to respond to the sphinx!
Amanekht then understood!
What a bitter mistake!
So, in order to dispel the bitterness, he went hunting,
The black tree branches
in spring were covered with a white coat,
And in the summer golden fruit hung down from them.
So reasoned Amanekht
and triumphantly thought:
Finally! The mystery is solved!
I only need to respond to the sphinx now!
Darkly sat the Pharaoh
trying to solve the riddle of the Sphinx,
People came running to him:
The worst thing is happening! All the land lies in terror!
Big and small are killed.
My black enemy is defeated.
White vultures rush to get drunk on his blood.
Sam Ra - the ruler of life and the whys and wherefores -
Stretches out his golden hands to me
and hails my deeds.
decided the Pharaoh
and jubilantly exclaimed:
Finally!
In anger Amanekht galloped away from the tombs.
Again he was wrong!
But the people that did not know about this, congratulated him on his victory.
Did you unravel the riddle of the Sphinx? -
Asked the student Amanekht.
Yes, - said the old man,
The sphinx wanted me to live my life,
as a man should live it:
My hair became white,
and the gold in the book marked my top three accomplishments.
But the answer was a disciple:
The one I loved with all of my heart - said Amanekht.
And sadly he added:
Finally! Life is lived...
Night came.
The divine Ra invited Amanekht in his golden boat for a conversation.
At this point we'll finish the story
about the person who solved the riddle of the Sphinx.
The End Soyuzmultfilm 1985 Subs by Lemicnor & Eus, august 2015