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Subtitles for About Sidorov Vova (1985)

English
February 10 2023 05:26:54
Created by Niffiwan, FBJ₂
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Originally translated (as hard-subs) for the FBJ VHS and DVD release. Made into soft-subs by Niffiwan, then substantially revised. The translation has been made to rhyme as much as possible (or sensible), although in many cases it is translated literally instead. Songs, military commands, and radio voices are in italics.

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1 00:00:03,630 --> 00:00:05,230 SOYUZMULTFILM 2 00:00:06,190 --> 00:00:08,110 ABOUT SIDOROV VOVA 3 00:00:10,330 --> 00:00:17,110 As a boy, Vova had gotten Rather awfully spoiled rotten. 4 00:00:18,110 --> 00:00:20,470 He was clean and tenderfooted, 5 00:00:20,750 --> 00:00:22,670 And to hardships quite unsuited. 6 00:00:23,590 --> 00:00:26,350 Right from sunrise it would start: 7 00:00:26,510 --> 00:00:29,110 "Give me this" and "give me that". 8 00:00:29,590 --> 00:00:30,980 "Put me on the horse right now." 9 00:00:31,150 --> 00:00:32,590 "Look at me, or I will howl!" 10 00:00:34,260 --> 00:00:36,990 From his grandma's side, his mother Fried one pancake after another. 11 00:00:37,110 --> 00:00:41,050 Grandma, from his mother's side, Taught him scales - or tried. 12 00:00:41,900 --> 00:00:42,850 [Children's World] 13 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,510 And the grandpa he adored, Dressed up in a warm fur coat, 14 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:52,010 A whole hour, or maybe four, Roamed the big Children's World store. 15 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:57,070 The right connections grandpa had To buy jeans for the young lad. 16 00:01:02,510 --> 00:01:04,990 To fulfill his fancies, The boy's uncles and aunties 17 00:01:05,090 --> 00:01:08,510 Would do everything, and more: They would bake cakes by the score, 18 00:01:08,740 --> 00:01:10,080 They competed, and they raced 19 00:01:10,210 --> 00:01:13,350 To gift bicycles and skates. 20 00:01:15,980 --> 00:01:17,270 Why was that? 21 00:01:17,670 --> 00:01:20,870 Oh, very simple. No secret to anyone: 22 00:01:20,990 --> 00:01:25,770 'Twas a house of many adults, But the children numbered "one". 23 00:01:27,250 --> 00:01:29,510 But the years do seem to race, 24 00:01:29,550 --> 00:01:31,590 Not like in the former days. 25 00:01:31,830 --> 00:01:34,750 One year passed. And then the next. 26 00:01:35,660 --> 00:01:36,870 The time came to leave his nest 27 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,190 And make discipline his friend In the Red Army's command. 28 00:01:41,070 --> 00:01:43,550 Vova went to the army... 29 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:45,950 ...and took all his family. 30 00:01:47,790 --> 00:01:50,420 <i>Remember, Hup-two!</i> 31 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,670 <i>I'll come back in two winters...</i> 32 00:01:53,550 --> 00:01:57,430 At his army unit's post Vova arrives. "Hello! 33 00:01:58,070 --> 00:02:00,750 That's me, And this is my mummy. 34 00:02:00,950 --> 00:02:02,910 We'll serve together, I'll have it known... 35 00:02:03,030 --> 00:02:05,190 'Cause I can't do a thing on my own." 36 00:02:07,420 --> 00:02:08,910 They sent the marshal a telegram. 37 00:02:09,430 --> 00:02:11,730 <i>Recruit Sidorov brought his mother with him.</i> 38 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,710 The lieutenant got the telegram. 39 00:02:17,260 --> 00:02:18,590 "Allo! Allo!" 40 00:02:18,900 --> 00:02:20,650 <i>Recruit Sidorov brought his mother with him.</i> 41 00:02:20,830 --> 00:02:23,390 <i>He wants her to serve with him.</i> 42 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:31,110 He was afraid to deliver the message. 43 00:02:34,140 --> 00:02:35,870 One hour passed. And another. 44 00:02:35,970 --> 00:02:37,830 Woe! No answer from Moscow. 45 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,370 "Okay," said the colonel, steeling his nerve, 46 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:43,550 "Let it be as you wish. Go and serve." 47 00:02:51,350 --> 00:02:52,750 <i>Company!</i> 48 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,900 <i>Hup, two, three! Hup, two, three!</i> 49 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,630 That same day, following his ma... 50 00:02:58,750 --> 00:03:00,830 ...Along came his grandpapa, 51 00:03:03,690 --> 00:03:05,380 Grandma with a pillow for his head, 52 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,530 And auntie with a folding bed. 53 00:03:07,910 --> 00:03:09,630 "Without us, our child will be dead. 54 00:03:09,740 --> 00:03:12,350 A plane will fall on his head." 55 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:46,830 <i>Company, wake up!</i> 56 00:03:50,990 --> 00:03:54,630 From sun-rise to sun's last ray - That's a soldier's working day. 57 00:04:00,870 --> 00:04:03,810 Here, everything's made up of unwritten rules. 58 00:04:03,930 --> 00:04:05,140 Can't do it? We'll teach you. 59 00:04:05,260 --> 00:04:07,950 Don't want to? We'll make you. 60 00:04:10,610 --> 00:04:14,290 We must all remember, No matter what the chore: 61 00:04:14,390 --> 00:04:16,590 It goes hard in the learning, But easy in the war. 62 00:04:20,350 --> 00:04:21,430 [Warrior! Be attentive!] 63 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:25,830 <i>Marusya, hup-two-three, The guelder rose, the black-haired girl</i> 64 00:04:25,930 --> 00:04:28,130 <i>Was picking berries in the garden...</i> 65 00:04:58,980 --> 00:05:03,130 <i>Marusya, hup-two-three, The guelder rose, the black-haired girl</i> 66 00:05:03,230 --> 00:05:05,530 <i>Was picking berries in the garden...</i> 67 00:05:12,820 --> 00:05:16,670 [Art Is for the People] 68 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:22,670 A moveable feast, so I am told, 69 00:05:23,150 --> 00:05:24,710 "Lights out" is called. 70 00:05:24,940 --> 00:05:26,190 It is true what people say: 71 00:05:26,390 --> 00:05:28,510 A sleeping soldier's still serving away! 72 00:05:32,990 --> 00:05:35,110 Morning. Training ground. Cadets. 73 00:05:35,150 --> 00:05:36,730 A whole sea of epaulettes. 74 00:05:36,850 --> 00:05:40,710 Music, sun... beyond all doubt - Vova's squad is heading out! 75 00:05:40,830 --> 00:05:44,750 Full of pep, he marches off, Our lad Vova Sidorov. 76 00:05:44,900 --> 00:05:47,630 Just a hat is all he wears - All the rest, his auntie bears. 77 00:05:48,150 --> 00:05:51,590 O'er his shoulder, a baguette - Food for when he breaks a sweat. 78 00:05:52,430 --> 00:05:56,230 With him, one after another, Walk his aunt, grandma and mother. 79 00:06:03,940 --> 00:06:06,540 And off to one side, of course, Grandpapa on his grey horse 80 00:06:06,650 --> 00:06:09,750 Covers Sidorov's right flank. (His left's covered by a tank.) 81 00:06:23,730 --> 00:06:27,990 And so, meter after meter, They walk one whole kilometer. 82 00:06:30,780 --> 00:06:31,990 Mother sees hay lying about, 83 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:34,710 ...and commands, "A break! Time out!" 84 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:42,690 The grandparents already Are getting lunch ready... 85 00:06:42,810 --> 00:06:45,470 And feed Vova, their child, One spoonful at a time. 86 00:06:46,990 --> 00:06:48,310 One for mama. 87 00:06:48,430 --> 00:06:49,800 One for papa. 88 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,430 One spoonful for the sergeant. 89 00:06:51,550 --> 00:06:54,830 And for the colonel No less than a ladle. 90 00:06:59,580 --> 00:07:03,240 Once the lunch was fully eaten, It was time to have a meeting. 91 00:07:03,370 --> 00:07:07,310 About battles, about marches, About military actions. 92 00:07:08,190 --> 00:07:09,870 "Who will we send on reconnaissance?" 93 00:07:10,340 --> 00:07:12,010 "Why, Grandma and Grandpa, of course. 94 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:15,140 Like two backpackers they'll rough it, Crawl 300 kilometers, roughly... 95 00:07:15,220 --> 00:07:17,070 ...to find out where the rockets are hidden... 96 00:07:17,150 --> 00:07:19,830 ...and other such secrets forbidden." 97 00:07:20,590 --> 00:07:21,590 <i>No, no.</i> 98 00:07:21,710 --> 00:07:23,630 "Who will be on defence, while they're gone?" 99 00:07:23,710 --> 00:07:25,100 "Give a call to Uncle Andron. 100 00:07:25,180 --> 00:07:26,990 He's a brewery guard, works at night - 101 00:07:27,070 --> 00:07:30,350 He will shoot all the bad guys on sight. 102 00:07:32,270 --> 00:07:33,980 You must call Nephew Victor right now. 103 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:35,630 And call Pyotr Kuzmich, I avow. 104 00:07:36,230 --> 00:07:37,950 Go and find Uncle Igor at once. 105 00:07:38,270 --> 00:07:39,950 Boris, Zina, Simon... 106 00:07:40,190 --> 00:07:41,150 ...call them all." 107 00:07:44,100 --> 00:07:49,350 <i>You have left your native shore...</i> 108 00:07:51,590 --> 00:07:53,800 "Oh, and Vova? Don't trouble the lad. 109 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:55,400 He's our only reward, our one joy. 110 00:07:55,510 --> 00:07:56,900 So we need to guard our little boy. 111 00:07:57,020 --> 00:07:59,490 Give Mama a machine gun, instead!" 112 00:08:04,310 --> 00:08:06,750 The division never was so embarrassed. 113 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:09,000 Then came a telegram. 114 00:08:09,270 --> 00:08:11,550 Only one line: 115 00:08:11,630 --> 00:08:14,510 <i>Get rid of all the extra people. Full-stop.</i> 116 00:08:25,030 --> 00:08:28,110 Yes, that Vova Sidorov Had some great traits to show off: 117 00:08:28,230 --> 00:08:29,670 Briefly put, he was obtuse, 118 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:31,750 Lazy, dumb, and of no use. 119 00:08:32,350 --> 00:08:34,510 It's good that other soldiers, mind... 120 00:08:34,590 --> 00:08:37,110 ...are boys of an absolutely different kind... 121 00:08:37,790 --> 00:08:40,830 ...they can stand on guard 24 hours... 122 00:08:42,750 --> 00:08:46,310 ...sail on a boat in stormy seas... 123 00:08:47,110 --> 00:08:47,910 [Shooting Gallery] 124 00:08:47,980 --> 00:08:51,470 ...hit any target true... 125 00:08:52,230 --> 00:08:56,110 ...and never, ever fail you. <i>- Stop! Left face!</i> 126 00:08:57,430 --> 00:09:00,510 "If everyone was spoiled like Vova..." 127 00:09:01,230 --> 00:09:04,430 "...then our country would've long since been conquered." 128 00:09:04,830 --> 00:09:07,670 "But trust the word of a soldier: 129 00:09:08,110 --> 00:09:11,110 We will straighten out even a Vova." 130 00:09:11,310 --> 00:09:12,750 <i>Right face!</i> 131 00:09:13,830 --> 00:09:15,310 <i>Quick march!</i> 132 00:09:32,810 --> 00:09:36,210 <i>I really need tender letters,</i> Script: Eduard Uspenskiy, Eduard Nazarov 133 00:09:36,310 --> 00:09:39,510 <i>I will learn them all by heart.</i> Director & Art Director: Eduard Nazarov 134 00:09:39,660 --> 00:09:42,910 <i>In two winters, in two springs,</i> Camera: Mihail Druyan, Sound: Boris Filchikov 135 00:09:43,010 --> 00:09:45,110 <i>I'll serve and then I'll come back home.</i> Animators: N. Bogomolova, G. Zebrova, E. Maslova, A. Abarenov, D. Kulikov, Yu. Kozyurin 136 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:49,910 <i>Remember: in two, in two winters,</i> Ass. Director: T. Lytko, Artists: V. Chuguyevskiy, I. Oleynikov, G. Morozov, 137 00:09:50,010 --> 00:09:53,310 <i>In two, in two springs,</i> Ye. Kachkova, V. Makina, A. Chistova Montage: M. Miheyeva, Narrator: S. Yurskiy 138 00:09:53,410 --> 00:09:54,510 <i>I will serve,</i> Script Editor: Raisa Frichinskaya Production Director: V. Yegorshin 139 00:09:54,610 --> 00:09:57,310 <i>I'll serve and then I'll come back home.</i> THE END 140 00:09:57,410 --> 00:09:58,410 Soyuzmultfilm, 1985 (subtitles - Niffiwan & FBJ, 2023)