The Russian State Film Archive presents
Mosfilm studio's second colour animated film based on the 3-color method of
Pavel Mihayolvich Mershin, "TESTAMENT", was theatrically released on June 7, 1937
The colour version of "TESTAMENT" was restored in 2011 from the
colour-separated original negative in the Russian State Film Archive's collection
"TESTAMENT" based on the book by Poggio Bracciolini
screenplay and staging by Honoured Artist of the Republic Aleksandr Ptushko
A "Mosfilm" studio production 1937
director Iosif Sklyut composer V. Shirinskiy
puppet artist Sarra Mokil set artists P. Beytner, A. Nikulin
camera I. Shkarenkov assistant camera A. Korolyov
puppet animation Vyacheslav Levandovskiy, A. Vasilyeva, B. Nevezhin, G. Yalov, A. Koltsov
puppets voiced by M. Dagmarov, A. Lepko
sound A. Sverdlov
Three-colour filming based on the method and under the direction of P.M. Mershin
Colour laboratory of the "Mosfilm" Electrical Engineering Laboratory
The sea lazily splashes.
I didn't sleep all night til the morn.
The sun's now shining brightly, It's high time to get up.
In your honor, a serenade I composed in the night.
Now hear the roulade in which all my ardor lies!
La-la, la-la-la-la...
Come on, come here.
Take a bun.
- You're upsetting my dog... - No, no. Come on, come on...
Okay, come, come here... I say...
Take it!
Give us your blessing, Holy Father.
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit...
Go away!
Sanctus Domine, Agnus Dei, Amen, amen, Maria
Sanctus Domine, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Sanctus Domine
Sanctus Domine, Sanctus Domine, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Padre, padre!
Padre!
Accept this goose.
Scram!
Go away!
Go away! Go away!
Oh, you just wait...
Sanctus Domine, Sanctus Domine,
Sanctus Domine, thirty two...
Sanctus Domine, Sanctus Domine,
Sanctus Domine,
Thirty two, forty five!
Magdalina, my dear!
- Yoo-hoo! - Is lunch ready?
Coming, coming.
Well? Did you eat it?
Is that tasty? Is that tasty?
Is that tasty?
Glutton.
Skotinka!
Burying a dog in a Christian cemetery?
Donate five gold coins
for the repose of your dog's soul.
Five? One.
Ah, you're being greedy? Would you like to pay seven?
Seven?
Two. Hm? Hm?
Ten!
Have this!
Ah, is that how it is?!
Very well...
Lord...
...bless me...
In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit...
Your Eminence,
the priest Ubaldino buried a dog in a Christian cemetery.
- A dog? - Uh-huh.
Summon to me the heretic Ubaldino!
As you wish, Your Eminence...
He will pay dearly for this burial!
Is it true,
you son of Satan,
that you buried a stinking dog
in a Christian cemetery?
It is true, Your Eminence!
And held a memorial service?
And held a memorial service.
Ah!
Do you not realize, you son of Satan,
that you should be burned alive at the stake for this?
Your Eminence,
Allow me to say a few words, and stay your wrath.
What? You still intend to justify yourself?!
I wonder how...
Speak!
Your Eminence,
This was a truly Christian dog.
I can't speak...
He could read and write.
His life was an example for others.
Oh, God!
A dog uncommonly extraordinary.
Oh, God.
[The Life of the Righteous Dog]
A dog of uncommonly true integrity.
[The Life of the Righteous Dog Skotinka]
Your Eminence,
He was a truly extraordinary dog!
I... I can't speak...
He suffered so much! So much! Oh, God...
Before he died, he called me to his side.
Oh, God!
As he was dying, he handed me his will and testament.
What's this?
A dog's testament?
Here it is, this testament.
Mm-hmm.
I, the dog Skotinka,
being of sound mind and lucid memory,
before my death, do all my property, consisting
of 100 gold coins
bequeath
- ...to His Eminence, Bishop Polen. - Ah!
Well, that's a different matter.
Now I see
that the dog Skotinka was a true Christian.
Quiet!
Brothers,
let us pray for the repose of the soul
of the righteous dog Skotinka!
Rare film materials scanned by Vladimir Kotovskiy
Combining of colour-separated original negatives and
digital frame-by-frame image restoration by Nikolay Mayorov
Russian State Film Archive, 2011 Subs by Niffiwan @ animatsiya.net, 2024