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SOYUZMULTFILM
THE BLUE BIRD After M. Maeterlinck
Written and directed by VASILY LIVANOV
Art director MAX ZHEREBCHEVSKY
Composer GENNADI GLADKOV
Actors: L. Akhedzhakova, L. Gnilova, R. Zelyonaya,
V. Kenigson, Yu. Yakovlev
Moscow State Choir and The Children Choir "Sputnik"
State Symphony Orchestra of Cinematography Conductor V. Vasilyev
- Don't beat him!
- Don't beat! He's hungry.
- I'll tear his skin off!
Get away, or you'll get it hot too!
- Take it, please. Is it enough?
- Do you want to have the Blue Bird?
Take it. It's yours. It's my gift for you.
- Remember, my boy.
You're holding a priceless treasure - the Blue Bird.
The Blue Bird can't be bought or sold. It might be only given.
Only given...
- You're not allowed, understand?
If you want, wait for me here.
- And what did you do there, mom?
- I've put flowers to their grave.
- And I do remember grandad. He liked to play violin.
And grandma always told me tales. - But I don't remember them at all.
- Mom, and for what they've died?
- Good night.
- Good night, mommy. - Good night, mom.
- You're sleeping? - And you?
- I want to reveal you a secret. But don't tell it nobody!
- Look, mom had forgotten to switch the lamp off!
- Just a moment.
- Oh! It still lights!
- What's that? - Don't know. Let's go and see it.
- So what?
- What, what... Nothing to hear.
- Don't you have the Blue Bird?
- Grandma! Grandad!.. So they're alive!
- Grandma, Grandad! So you really didn't died?
- What you said! Just listen to him. He's using unintelligible exressions.
"Died"! What's that?! Some new word, eh? New cult thing?
- Grandad... Grandma... - How did you grew up!
And who's that girl? Who's she? Isn't that our granddaughter?
- Yes, it's our granddaughter. When we leaved her, she was just a baby.
- And how she looks like me!
- Well, that's only your fantasy. She looks like me.
- Yes? - Yes!
- Bro! With whom you're talking?
- Even don't you see? With grandad and grandma.
- There's nobody here. Only old things, and very dark.
And grandad with grandma had died many time ago.
- And you're always doing such! - Don't be angry for sister.
She can't see us. Because we revive only in memories.
And she doesn't remember us. Doesn't remember.
- I'll tell that all to mom.
You've promised to show the Blue Bird, and now you're cheating!
- And where's my Blue Bird?
- Tell me, why do you hold the Blue bird in a cage?
- Because it's mine. - Yours?
- Yes. - No, you're wrong!
The Blue Bird belongs to all!
To all who is kind, honest and brave.
It must fly over the Earth freely!
- But it was a gift for me! And I'm happy...
- How can you feel yourself happy, if other people are unhappy?
- And if I'll let it off, I'll became unhappy too.
- Who knows, who knows...
- When you're keepeng the happiness only for yourself, it's easy to lose it.
- So believe us, we did spent a long life... - Indeed, a long life.
- Hurry down!
- My little friend!
I love, love, love you!
And you I love too! You too!
- Give me back the coin. It's mine, my coin.
- I'm satisfied? I'm satisfied. I'm satisfied.
Now I wish to make you happy with my company.
You will be my guests.
- We cannot, we're searching the Blue Bird.
- The Blue Bird? But I'm searching the Blue Bird too.
- Why do you need it?
- Now you'll learn that.
- Please.
- What's that?
- It's my War.
Two biggest ones had died,
but now I'm growing third one, and the generals I've bought
advice me to feed my little with a Blue Bird.
They promise that War will grow incredibly huge
and will conquer for me whole world.
Whole world.
But I can't buy that darn Blue Bird nowhere!
- I'm afraid! I want home!
- Just a moment. I'll feed you with sweets, and you'll forget all.
- But the Blue Bird... - Rubbish, rubbish.
If I can't get it with my money, you can't find it all the more.
Don't object to me! Otherwise for your welfare I'll use violence.
- Don't take! Don't take nothing from this table.
Or you'll never find the Blue Bird. The Blue Bird...
- You're seeking the Blue Bird? There isn't it here.
- We got hungry so much! - Got hungry?
Take this. Have some bread.
- How sweet! I had never eaten nothing tastier than this bread.
- And me too! - And me!
- Listen! Listen! Listen!
The Night conceived the black deed.
It's she sent her sidekick, the Cat,
to steal from you the Blue Bird... the blue Bird...
Today before the sunrise
Night wants to sell the Blue Bird to the fat Rich man.
If don't prevent that, Rich man will throw the Blue Bird to War's jaws...
...to the War's jaws...
and on the Earth will happen irretrievable disaster.
Hurry on!...
Hurry on!... Hurry on!...
You'll be followed by the Fire...
...the Water...
...the Bread...
They all are ancient helpmates of man
and will be faithfully serve to you.
Farewell!..
- Hurry on, the man!
We all wil follow you, because you're carrying the light.
- Let me off!
It's my bird! I've bought it!
- No! It can't be bought.
It must fly above the Earth freely.