"Soyuzmultfilm" studio
THE PILL
written by Vladimir Kapninskiy
directed by Roman Davydov art director Aleksandr Vinokurov
music Vladimir Krivtsov sound Vladimir Kutuzov
camera Boris Kotov montage Yelena Belyavskaya
animators Vladimir Zarubin, Oleg Safronov, Vladimir Shevchenko, Vitaly Bobrov,
backgrounds Pyotr Korobayev, Nikolay Mitrohin, Sergey Marakasov, Errast Treskin, Tatyana Makarova
voice artists Nikolay Grabbe, N. Gurzo, Lyudmila Gnilova, Yuriy Puzyryov, A. Shabarin, V. Prohorov
assistant director T. Holostova script editor Pyotr Frolov
production director Liliana Monahova
What happened, Uncle Misha?
Oh, don't even ask! This radiculitis!
But our pharmacy doesn't have the right medication today...
Uncle Misha, you need to go see Ms. Fox.
She'll find anything for you, even if it's dead and buried!
Only she'll really fleece you for it!
She's a rascal!
Look, Mihailo Potapych!
The giraffe is the most lo-o-o-o-ong-neck...
....ed animal!
Yes... very funny...
Where are you going in such a hurry?
To Ms. Fox. [ ALFRED BREHM ]
She owes me. She promised to get me the second volume.
I'll go as well. Maybe she'll get me what I need.
Is the red-haired one home?
But the elephant has the very lo-o-o-ongest nose!
- Is the red-haired vixen home?! - Yes, yes...
...that speculator!
You see that?
Yes, I see that your hair hasn't grown back.
My job's only to get the goods.
Keep on applying it...
Take that!
Is the red-haired one home?
...She is a cheat!
Oh, Mihailo Potapych!
I wish you good health!
That's just it! I came to you for the sake of my health.
Excuse me, Potapych! I'll only be a minute.
I'll go to the Beryozka [foreign- currency store]... and be right back.
Well, why did you come to me?
I've developed radiculitis!
Like I said, I have developed radiculitis ..
Good...
What's good about it?
It's good that you came to me.
I'll give you an imported pill.
A high-placed friend managed to get it for me.
Take it before going to bed, and you'll be good as new by morning.
Thanks a lot!
Your "thanks" won't pay for my new fur coat to be sewn...
What do you want for it?
Pay for it with honey!
A cask, this big!
B... b... b...
Bigger? No, that will be enough.
Good night, Mihailo Potapych!
For some miniscule pill, a whole cask!
What a bother!
A whole cask for such a little thing!
Who does she...
Well, who is it?
I lost that little pill...
- Give me another... - "Another"!
First, dear Misha, you have to pay me for the first one!
- But I ... - Goodbye, Michael!
Here, Uncle Misha! Warm up your radiculitis!
Where's your power outlet?
How much do I owe you, then?
Forget it, Uncle Misha, you don't owe me anything!
We're friends, after all!
Oh, thank you, Boss-eye!
But I still have to pay Ms. Fox.
I promised.
Storm clouds o'er the blue sky creep,
While the cask rides o'er the deep.
Like a widowed bride distressed, [A. PUSHKIN - FAIRY TALES]
Sobbed the queen and beat her breast,
While the babe to manhood grew
As the hours swiftly flew.
Wow!
That cask must have been magic!
I've just thought of a clever bitter pill for someone!
"The Magic Cask"
Fire away!
- Go away! This is my cask! - No! It's mine!
- I first found it! - No, I saw it first!
- No, I did! - I found it before you did!
Good morning!
What's with all the noise?
Shoo, both of you!
- No way! - Yeah! I found this magic cask!
"Magic"?
Yes! It even has a document to go with it!
Let me see.
USAGE INSTRUCTIONS
Keep reading. The most important thing is written below.
One must climb into this cask,
and roll inside it from left to right.
Then, when someone opens this cask,
get out and shove them into it.
I can do that!
- This is my cask! - No, this is my cask!
Shoo!
...Then push it into the ravine!
I can do that, too!
Whoever does all this will become a magician himself!
This is from Hare, for the skis.
This is from Hedgehog, for the ointment.
This is from Badger, for the Alfred Brehm book.
This is from Otter...
And this is from Beaver...
I know what for...
Only Bear's payment is missing.
- Take it, Ms. Fox! - Toptygin sent it!
Shoo, you sweet tooths!
Hah! Good afternoon!
Now I'm a magician!
A magician!
"The fox is the mo-o-ost cu-u-u-uning animal"!
What a bitter pill that turned out to be!
THE END Subs by Zhurka75, 2013.09 revised by Niffiwan, 2026.03