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Studio Soyuzmultfilm Moskva

H. C. Andersen T H E W l L D S W A N S

written by Yevgeny Ryss, Leonid Trauberg poems by Mikhail Volpin

directed by Mikhail & Vera Tsekhanovsky

art directors Natan Lerner, Maks Zherebchevsky artists D. Anpilov, Boris Korneyev

music Aleksandr Varlamov

camera Yelena Petrova camera assistant S. Kasheyeva sound Boris Filchikov

Animators N. Chernova, V.Kotenochkin, B. Butakov, N. Avstryiskaya, T. Pomerantseva, V. Maksimovich, Renata Mirenkova, Erast Meladze, Yelena Khludova,

Tatyana Taranovich, Faina Yepifanova, V. Rogov, Vladimir Zarubin, lvan Davydov, O. Syssoyeva, Ye. Vershinina, V. Kushnerev, L. Rybchevskaya,

Konstantin Chikin, Lidia Reztsova, Viktor Shevkov, K. Malyshev

Ass. directors: L. Nikitina, E. Turanova cutter V. Turubiner script editor Z. Pavlova

voices Elena Ponsova, R. Chumak, S.Martinson, K. Ustugov, Anatoly Shchukin, Askold Bessedin, V. Tumanova, Erast Garin, Victor Sergachev

executive producer G. Kruglikov

Far away

in the land to which the swallows fly when it is winter,

dwelt a king.

who had eleven sons,

and one daughter ...

called Eliza!

To me, to me, come, come quickly!

We change ourselves into animals! Kittens, dogs and horses!

l'm a donkey, a donkey.

l'm a pig! - l'm a horse! - And l...

l'm a Mongrel dog! l'm Fluffy the cat! l'm a real cock!

Beard, beak and crest! Woof-woof, oink-oink, Ku-ka-doodle-doo!

Yes, to these children life was good!

Yet there was only a short time of happiness left to them.

From a faraway country, the king brought home a new wife ...

The coach rushes at full speed Galloping valleys and hills

Towards the winds from the high mountains! - Cold! Cold!

Go! The road is calling!

Run, my horse, run my rooster. and my cats, Fluffy and Pooh

Run full feline spirit! Woof-woof, oink-oink, yoke-ho-ho!

Here are my sons!

Children! Say hello to your new mom!

Welcome Queen!

Kids! Repeat after me!

Welcome Mama!

Welcome Queen!

This is my oldest son, Christian.

This is Claus

These are the twins Hans and Knut.

This is Herman.

These are the twins Otto and Ferdinand.

These are Justin, Johann and August, also twins.

This is my youngest, Peter.

And here is my daughter, Eliza!

She replaced the children their late mother!

No need to be upset!

Maybe she eventually will love us ...

The old castle sleeps in silence.

The kids are sleeping peacefully.

Hush-a-bye,

l will sing you a little song.

Fall asleep rascals,

ln the blue light of the moon.

So now bye-bye,

l will sing you a little song

Do not be upset!

Perhaps she eventually will love us ...

But the young queen could not fall in love with the children.

lt was an evil stepmother, and also a witch.

You, go sit on the girl's head.

Let her become as stupid as you are.

And you, sit on the little girl's face.

Let her become as ugly as you are

And you, my dear...

sit on her heart.

May it will become as evil as yours!

Go sit on her head!

Sit on her brow

Go sit on her heart!

Be cursed! The girl is stronger than me!

She's too good for my toads.

They have become roses.

Well, fine,

Let's see then if your own father will recognize you.

And if your own brothers will see.

Become an ugly, dirty and black!

Become ugly, dirty, and black!

Become black birds, frightening birds!

Become frightening birds!

Be damned! They are stronger than me! They've become swans.

Get out of here! Get out!

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

Shoo! Shoo!

Out! Get out of the palace!

Good morning, crystal day! Good morning!

Good morning, mirror pond! Good morning!

Good morning, old friend, faithful watchman!

Savage king! Good morning!

Good morning!

where are the children? Why are they late?

That's it, probably, they're just late.

Excuse me for being late!

Where are my brothers? - Your brothers?! !

What kind of brothers? Who let this ugly duckling in?

ugly duckling? Dad, l'm your daughter, your Elise!

Don't you recognize me, Dad?

This ugly duckling dares to call herself Eliza!

Chase her out of the yard! Set the dogs loose on her!

Set the dogs loose on her! Out-out-out, out of here!

What are you doing? lt's me, Eliza!

Thank you, doggies!

Thank you, swallow!

You taught me something

Farewell doggies!

Farewell swallows!

Who is that? ls this really me?

The whole night Elise dreamed of her brothers.

All of them were children again and watched a wonderful picture book,

for which it was given half of the kingdom.

The pictures in the book were alive!

They jump off the pages, but each time the page was turned,

the figures jumped back to their place, so as not to cause confusion!

Brothers! Where are you?

l need to find you, at all costs!

Hello, little girl

Hello!

And what are you doing here?

l am lost. Ay-ay-ay!

l'm looking for my brothers. - Your brothers? - Yes.

Haven't you seen passing by here eleven princes?

No, l haven't seen them.

But yesterday l saw eleven swans with golden crowns floating down the river.

With golden crowns? - Yes,

and then they rose up and flew away to the sea. Far, far away.

Forever? - That l do not know.

Just come into my house, warm and eat with me.

And if you like it, you can stay with me.

So Eliza stayed to live with the kind granny.

As the years passed ...

She often and long she sat by the sea, emembering her brothers, and yearning for them ..

How much work it takes to make a solid stone,

smooth and round!

And you, waves, are doing that!

Fast, light waves! Thank you for teaching me that!

That's our home! Maybe our sister is waiting there for us?

Hey, swans! Look, swans!

As snow, so white!

Kill!Kill them! Kill them! For every swan l'll reward you with a cap full of gold!

Do not be afraid, brothers! Look for our sister!

Here our sister is not!

Look, brothers! Down there on the hill is a girl.

Maybe that's our sister?

That's probably her! Eliza!

No! That is not Eliza! Our sister had blond hair!

Our sister had a white face! lt's not our sister! She is so ugly!

No! lt's not our sister! Ye,t maybe this is her?

Her smile is just like Eliza's!

But no! lt's not her!

Brothers! Come back!

They do not recognize me! They never could know me!

l'm not like that Eliza that they remember!

A dear. Wounded!

Dear, where have you gone? There is an abyss!

Magic lake, if you help the animals of the forest,

maybe you could help me too?

But, maybe you'll destroy me?

No, l can't decide.

lt scares me

l'm here! Brothers! Here! Here!

Brothers! Finally, we are together!

You can't be our sister! Our sister looked different!

We do not know you, girl! You are not our sister!

So you're not my brother?

My brothers would know me. Maybe l should fall from the rocks ...

Maybe ...

Save her!

Sister! This is our sister! Eliza! Our Eliza! Eliza!

Who said that this wasn't our sister? Who said it? Who said it?

Brothers! How did you all change! How manly you have become!

Hello Christian! Hello Claus! O Hans, l hardly recognize you!

Herman! Knut! Hello Otto! ...Peter!

my little Peter!

We don't live here, but in a faraway overseas country ... a very beautiful one...

There are clouds there, so beautiful that many take them for a wonderland!

Only once a year, the longest day we can fly to here.

Here is our home! lt touches the heart!

Here even the bushes and trees, are so dear to us.

On the plains, as in the days of our childhood, runaround wild horses.

And the fishermen are still singing the same songs, to which we once danced.

And here we find you, dear sister!

But in the morning we have to say good-bye to you.

We'll have to fly back over the sea to the wonderful, but foreign country.

Brothers! Take me with you!

Dear brothers, do not leave me!

No, Eliza! lt is impossible.

We have neither ship nor boat.

Yes, we have neither the ship nor boat. But we can weave a net of willow.

Shouldn't we have enough strength to carry our sister over the sea?

Ah!

Elise awoke!

Elise awoke!

Good morning, Eliza!

Good morning, Eliza!

Good morning!

Hello Christian!

Hello peter!

Hello, brothers!

Hello Elisa!

We fly as wild swans at daytime.

When the sun goes down, we turn back into people.

ln the middle of the sea rises a small cliff out of the water.

We spend the night on it.

Without it, we would never have been able to visit our dear homeland

Change the shift, brothers!

Trouble, brothers! The sun is low, but the rock is not yet in sight!

Ocean mine! Do not be mad, don't be wild, it's time to sleep!

Give me and my brothers a break until morning!

ear Sky, open a window and let us look to the moon

Hello, moon, be a good sister to my brothers and me

My wind, you would be so right to lay down!

Another long day of flight together with you, will begin soon enough!

Sleep brothers,

You are tired!

You need to regain strength

And l will watch over your sleep, as in the old days when you were children

The have arrived! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven ...Twelve!

Here's a crow riddled! They always arrive eleven, but today for some reason there's one more!

That one more would be me! l am the twelfth.

A-ah-ah-ah! And who would you be?

l am their sister, Eliza.

A-ah-ah-ah! l know, l know ...

l've heard about you. Your brothers were talking about you.

Hehe, that means they have found you? They did, they found me!

That's is very good! And what about you, were you turned into a swan just like them?

No. l didn't turn into one.

And that's good! Very uncomfortable to be at daytime a bird and at nighttime a human!

ln the end you do not know how to behave!

l, for example, am a crow. So l always behave like a crow.

Oh, if l could disenchant my brothers!

But l don't know how to do it!

l do know...

But it's so hard, that you couldn't do it, even if you wanted. So l better not tell.

l will do everything! No matter how difficult!

Yes? Well good. Then l'll tell you.

Oh! Today, there's a wet wind. A nightmare! Chilling for my throat

Tell me, please tell me!

Then listen,

Your brothers live in a cave, on the other side of the sea.

Near that cave are growing nettles.

Only this kind of nettle and another one that is growing in cemeteries, you can use.

Remember that!

And then with your bare hands, be sure they are bare, you must pluck those nettles.

Then you must spin from the fiber strands threads enough to weave eleven hauberks

Then throw them over the swans...

here the armor even just slightly touches the feathe

The witchcraft will disappear!

But remember, the minute you begin your work,

and for as long as you haven't finished it...

beware not to say the slightest word!

Because the first word you'll say will kill your brothers!

will you have the courage and perseverance?

Remember all this!

ls this your country? How beautiful it is!

No. This is only a cloud ...

ls this your country?

No. that's also a cloud ...

and that isn't too...it's just some fog.

l'm sure, l know now! These are not clouds! This is your country

Yes! This is our country!

Here you will live.

ln the afternoon we will fly off to return in the evening and bring you food.

Brothers! l'll do anything to save you!

You're brave! l wish you good luck!

But remember, the main thing is to remain silent!

Oh, uncle, look! The king rides far ahead again!

lt's of no importance, Martha. You are his bride.

Soon he will marry you, and you will sit on the throne.

He will hunt, and l will rule the country!

What a beauty she is! Huh? A rare beauty!

She's nothing special! An ordinary dirty girl!

Who are you? How did you get here, sweet child?

Answer me, do not be afraid! Who are you?

She seems to be mute, too!

Come with me, my dear girl! l'll dressed you in silk and velvet!

Don't pay any attention to her, Your Majesty!

Eliza would not she go away from us! She's been kidnapped!

We have to find her!

Tomorrow, as soon as the sun comes up, we will fly to seek Eliza!

A tournament is announced.

King will fight for the hand and heart of the dumb beauty...

and if he wins he will call her his bride.

The bride of the king!

How shameful!

Everyone knows Martha is his fiancée!

Here you can remember your home cave.

and here are the things you were making Maybe all this will comfort you

You're silent, but...

l can see that you have a grief that you are suffering from!

Know, that l just want your happiness!

You, my son, should win and bring shame on him...

so that the dumb one will reject the king.

For Martha!

l'm a descendant of kings formidable

but in love just a passionate fool!

Command me: go up in flames and l will burn!

With all that belongs to a king

My country, my land

my power, my honor, and all that is, is yours

but obediently l'll go, if you say: go away!

just my poor heart will break in it's chest!

You are silent, my joy, my morning light!

in your timid silence l hear the answer!

in your silence l hear the answer!

You never said no!

never said no! You can't say no! No! No!

lt's not proper for a King... to whisper, as a young man, about love!

But l love you! love you! l do! !

l'm a descendant of formidable kings

But in love just a passionate fool!

command me: Go up in flames! and l will burn!

The hunters say that this forest girl is beautiful!

Don't believe them. She put a spell on them.

lt's quite possible that she is a witch.

Eliza became the bride of the king.

But her anxious concern about her brothers did not leave her.

Ten hauberks she had weaved.

Lacking only one,...

Eliza had to go to the cemetery for more nettles.

We have to prove that she is a witch.

A witch. Everything will be done, your ...your... Eminence.

lf she is a witch, we will ... We will get her.

And if she is not a witch ...

lf she is not a witch, we still will get her.

Got it? Go on then!

lt is scary to go, but it is necessary!

At night! Secretly!

Oh, so cold! But l'm not afraid of you!

l have something to warm a monk up!

And you, what are you trembling? Are you cold too?? Well, then freeze!

Oh! The witch!

Wake up, Your Eminence! The witch! - The witch!

Wake up, Your Majesty! A witch! A witch?

Over there, at the grave of the old king, you see?

typical witch!

l have a lot of them burnt at the stake! l Understand!

And l understand too

l know everything! Be quiet, do not say a word!

l saw you at the cemetery!

But... you, you, my bride! The future queen! You ...

Why are you silent? Speak! Justify yourself! l will believe you!

So ... is it true?

When l say nothing? l have to run, to calm him down!

l must say that l'm innocent!

You came! Will you tell me?

She bewitched you!

Your bride is a witch!

l don't believe it!

The horn is blowing for you to go hunting, king!

When you come back, we all decide!

l don't believe it!

l swear she is! Your Majesty's hunting party is waiting!

Order of the King!

The criminal royal bride is to be thrown into prison!

Order of the King!

She is to be chained to the wall, to be fed on bread alone,

lnstead of bedding give her her nettles!

Order of the king!

tomorrow she is to be burned in the town square!

So ordered the king!

Well now, shouldn't you say thank you first?

Thank you

She is here! She's here! She's here!

Elisa are you there? Say something please!

Well, haven't you found her? - No. -No. - No.

We haven't found her.

l found her! l have found her! - Where? Where is she kept.

We'll save her! Let's go on the way immediately!

Open up! Open! Open!

Who is knocking? Stop that noise!

We need to see the King! Call the King!

His Majesty the King left for the hunt!

Carr, carr! The king is hunting and Eliza is driven to the stake

The sun's up. - My arms tun into wings We lack the time to save Eliza!

Carr, carr! The king is hunting and Eliza is driven to the fire!

Look at the witch!

Just see her mumbling! Probably not from a prayer book in her hands! No!

Death to the witch! - Death to the witch!

Now l can tell you! l was innocent!

l made a vow of silence in order to save my brothers!

And now we are all back together!

The woe is left behind and before us is awaiting joy, friendship and happiness.

Yes! Much has been sad in this tale!

But because our heroes were not afraid of anything,

bravely fought the evil people,

and helped each other,

all ended well.

And that's how it always will be!

l know that much. l have lived longtime in this world

but only barely have experienced enough!