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Subtitles for What's the Stake Here? (1975)

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Kakogo rozhna hochetsya.1975.en.1.25fps.1753520479.srt ⭳
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There were two difficult phrases to translate here - first was the title, "Какого рожна хочется?" and second is said at 5:58 - "Рожна им только не хватает".

The word "рожон" (rozhon) used in both is a sharp stick or pike that long ago was used in Russia to hunt bears, and has a rather rustic connotation.

The second phrase, literally something like "A rozhon is the only thing they lack", is often used sarcastically to express that someone already has everything imaginable - or is demanding more - sometimes in a ridiculous or excessive way. It also has a hint of comeuppance, as if being on the sharp end of the rustic spike is what they deserve.

After much thought, it was translated as "The only thing they lack is a good sturdy stake." This generally preserves the original meaning as well as the aggressive intent; good, sturdy stakes are known in many horror and fantasy stories as the tool of choice used to kill vampires - and "overly-wealthy" people are sometimes called vampires in English (in the social sense). So this translation also subtly implies that those it is aimed at might be vampires.

As for the first phrase, it is literally something like "Which rozhon is wanted?" or "What is this rozhon that you're after?", and actually means something like "What the heck do you want now?". However, in this film the original meaning of the phrase is also preserved (due to the way the film ends).

In the English translation, it was important to have two meanings, with something like "what (literal, pointy) stake are you after?" being one of them. But there is nothing really appropriate in English that has both meanings. The translation chosen, "What's the Stake Here?" replaces the question "What the heck do you want now?" with "What is the real point of all this (what's going on in the film)?". This seemed like a worthy trade to make, since it allowed the double meaning of the title to be kept in English, and that is the main question that the film asks its viewers in any case.

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1 00:00:01,539 --> 00:00:06,939 <b>WHAT'S THE STAKE HERE?</b> 2 00:00:11,740 --> 00:00:18,640 Misha and Masha lived in the city centre in a coop apartment and so furnished it as to earn the envy of all they knew. 3 00:00:18,841 --> 00:00:22,741 On this evening they were expecting the Pahomovs to visit. 4 00:00:28,140 --> 00:00:29,546 Oh, these people! 5 00:00:29,620 --> 00:00:33,026 They show up and then you have to talk to them all evening. 6 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:34,676 What about? 7 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:39,316 Now we're going to sit around all evening like damned souls. 8 00:00:39,340 --> 00:00:41,256 Yes, all evening. 9 00:00:41,330 --> 00:00:43,110 Like damned souls. 10 00:00:47,740 --> 00:00:49,186 Hello! 11 00:00:49,260 --> 00:00:51,406 Oh, we are so glad to see you! 12 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,146 Ah-ha-ha-ha. 13 00:00:53,270 --> 00:00:56,166 Here we are, here we are. 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,936 The metro's packed, the trolley-busses are packed. 15 00:00:59,010 --> 00:01:00,396 Hello. 16 00:01:00,470 --> 00:01:02,996 Come in, have a seat at the table. 17 00:01:03,070 --> 00:01:04,946 - Don't you fuss. - Don't you worry. 18 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:07,216 - We only just... - ...ate, back home. 19 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:09,066 Back home doesn't count. 20 00:01:09,190 --> 00:01:10,846 If you've come on a visit, 21 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:12,546 you must certainly have something to eat. 22 00:01:12,620 --> 00:01:15,020 Please come in! 23 00:01:31,630 --> 00:01:32,900 I... 24 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:37,026 I've always been interested in the question: 25 00:01:37,100 --> 00:01:39,737 What does a person eat for? 26 00:01:39,811 --> 00:01:42,386 My husband is a philosopher by nature. 27 00:01:42,460 --> 00:01:44,460 My husband is also a philosopher by nature. 28 00:01:44,590 --> 00:01:46,346 People eat in order to live. 29 00:01:46,420 --> 00:01:47,546 What about a worm? 30 00:01:47,620 --> 00:01:49,546 What does it eat for? 31 00:01:49,620 --> 00:01:51,620 All husbands are philosophers by nature. 32 00:01:52,860 --> 00:01:55,266 A worm also eats in order to live. 33 00:01:55,340 --> 00:01:58,076 So, a person is the same as a worm? 34 00:01:58,250 --> 00:01:59,946 Have you been to the Contemporary Theatre? 35 00:02:00,020 --> 00:02:01,266 No, why? 36 00:02:01,340 --> 00:02:03,266 So you haven't seen "The Naked King"? 37 00:02:03,340 --> 00:02:04,306 No. Why? 38 00:02:04,380 --> 00:02:06,866 You know what it's about? There's a king. 39 00:02:06,940 --> 00:02:09,900 A man, basically. He... 40 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:13,756 ...runs across the stage naked. 41 00:02:13,880 --> 00:02:15,666 How's that, naked? 42 00:02:15,740 --> 00:02:17,090 Just like that. Naked. 43 00:02:17,250 --> 00:02:20,566 Yet I think, in the context of this artist, 44 00:02:20,790 --> 00:02:23,566 there is somewhat of a lack of subtext. 45 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:25,386 Somewhat somewhere. 46 00:02:25,460 --> 00:02:28,636 Yeah, somehow somewhat somewhere. 47 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,956 Say, have you been to see La Scala? 48 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:34,706 How they sing! How they sing! 49 00:02:34,780 --> 00:02:36,306 And so loudly! 50 00:02:36,730 --> 00:02:38,866 Heminguay is better than Remarque. 51 00:02:38,940 --> 00:02:39,867 And Remarque? 52 00:02:39,941 --> 00:02:41,466 Remarque is better than everyone. 53 00:02:41,540 --> 00:02:43,466 Oh, Erich Maria. 54 00:02:43,540 --> 00:02:44,816 And Kafka? 55 00:02:44,917 --> 00:02:45,917 Oh, Camus! 56 00:02:45,940 --> 00:02:46,926 Oh, Salinger! 57 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:48,016 Oh, Dostoyevsky. 58 00:02:48,041 --> 00:02:50,140 Oh, the subscription to Dumas' works. 59 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:52,796 Well, it's time we got going... 60 00:02:52,897 --> 00:02:54,597 Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha. 61 00:02:54,620 --> 00:02:56,696 We've been sitting here long enough. 62 00:02:56,820 --> 00:02:57,906 You must excuse us. 63 00:02:57,980 --> 00:02:59,756 We had nothing tasty to give you. 64 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:01,936 Don't be silly, my dear. 65 00:03:02,010 --> 00:03:03,096 It was wonderful. 66 00:03:03,170 --> 00:03:05,396 You have such a cozy little flat, 67 00:03:05,470 --> 00:03:07,276 and your kitchen set is lovely. 68 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,206 Ceilings: 2.7 metres, 69 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:10,806 Kitchen set: 3600 rubles. 70 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:12,496 We had to go everywhere to find it! 71 00:03:12,570 --> 00:03:14,346 But we sold the same one not long ago; 72 00:03:14,420 --> 00:03:16,396 it's no longer in vogue. 73 00:03:16,470 --> 00:03:17,636 What do you mean, not in vogue? 74 00:03:17,787 --> 00:03:18,837 What do you mean, not in vogue? 75 00:03:19,010 --> 00:03:20,936 So what is in vogue, then?! 76 00:03:21,060 --> 00:03:23,160 The rustic style is in vogue these days. 77 00:03:23,330 --> 00:03:24,696 Do tell. 78 00:03:24,770 --> 00:03:26,130 No, no, we must be going. 79 00:03:26,230 --> 00:03:30,326 We must visit one more place; they promised to hold two yokes for us there, 80 00:03:30,450 --> 00:03:31,576 a horse harness with shaft loops, 81 00:03:31,700 --> 00:03:32,726 a dozen horseshoes, 82 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,456 and a natural built-in bench 83 00:03:34,530 --> 00:03:36,806 with a Japanese air conditioner! 84 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,426 Good-bye. 85 00:03:39,500 --> 00:03:41,876 Good night. 86 00:03:41,900 --> 00:03:46,020 Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha... 87 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:51,356 Did you see how some people live? 88 00:03:51,380 --> 00:03:52,906 Yes. 89 00:03:53,030 --> 00:03:54,636 And what about us? 90 00:03:54,660 --> 00:03:55,756 What about it? 91 00:03:55,780 --> 00:03:57,756 Are we any worse?! 92 00:03:57,780 --> 00:03:59,780 No! 93 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,260 We're becoming detached, Masha. 94 00:04:04,670 --> 00:04:07,350 From the leading-edge of <i>culture</i>. 95 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:12,000 Well, never mind, never mind. 96 00:04:17,301 --> 00:04:25,301 Misha and Masha fitted out their apartment anew. Their pride was a Russian stove with a built-in bench. 97 00:04:25,402 --> 00:04:27,202 WHEN THE PAHOMOVS SEE IT 98 00:04:27,453 --> 00:04:29,403 THEY'LL DIE OF ENVY 99 00:05:02,380 --> 00:05:05,660 Yes, yes. 100 00:05:08,660 --> 00:05:09,940 Yes. 101 00:05:12,860 --> 00:05:15,660 Got it. 102 00:05:18,380 --> 00:05:22,616 The Pahomovs are getting grief for their daughter. 103 00:05:23,590 --> 00:05:24,916 Huh? 104 00:05:24,940 --> 00:05:27,556 Grief for the face. 105 00:05:27,980 --> 00:05:32,100 Today in Paris, this is the most in vogue 106 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:34,556 facial expression. 107 00:05:34,580 --> 00:05:35,287 And? 108 00:05:35,311 --> 00:05:37,210 But we can't get it here! 109 00:05:38,780 --> 00:05:42,400 The Pahomovs can get it, their hand reaches everywhere. 110 00:05:42,451 --> 00:05:43,551 That's it. 111 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:45,700 I can't take it any more. 112 00:05:46,130 --> 00:05:48,266 Get out of here, you big lug. 113 00:05:48,590 --> 00:05:49,746 Where to? 114 00:05:49,820 --> 00:05:51,736 Bring us... something. 115 00:05:51,841 --> 00:05:53,126 But what? 116 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:56,516 I don't even know. Look, we don't have everything. 117 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:58,516 I've heard people say: 118 00:05:58,540 --> 00:06:01,076 "The only thing they lack is a good sturdy stake." 119 00:06:01,100 --> 00:06:03,076 So go and get me one. 120 00:06:03,100 --> 00:06:04,876 Huh? 121 00:06:04,950 --> 00:06:09,580 Ah, how I want a stake to be hanging on our dining room wall! 122 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:13,060 The Pahomovs will die of envy. 123 00:06:18,161 --> 00:06:23,361 Misha took an unpaid vacation and, on the advice of people in the know, 124 00:06:23,462 --> 00:06:26,462 traveled to the village of Nothingham. 125 00:06:26,662 --> 00:06:30,762 A lengthy search took him to old Makariha. 126 00:06:36,450 --> 00:06:39,460 Hello, grandma. 127 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:41,996 They say that you've got a stake here! 128 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:43,496 Won't you sell it, eh? 129 00:06:43,620 --> 00:06:45,996 Hello, dearie. 130 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,340 I've gathered some junk in that corner - dig around, you might find something. 131 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:59,436 Eh-he-heh... we're becoming detached, detached... 132 00:07:00,110 --> 00:07:03,956 We neglect burdock's use for sanitary hygiene. 133 00:07:03,980 --> 00:07:05,676 We don't know 134 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,396 the difference between a shaft and a yoke. 135 00:07:08,420 --> 00:07:11,036 We can't recognize a radish. 136 00:07:11,060 --> 00:07:13,286 We rely on synchrophasotrons... 137 00:07:13,510 --> 00:07:15,636 We're going mad from too much fat! 138 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,056 We've stopped talking and grokking our native tongue. 139 00:07:19,180 --> 00:07:21,776 We don't know who's the root and who's the barren flower. 140 00:07:21,850 --> 00:07:23,690 I'm telling the truth, grandma. 141 00:07:23,791 --> 00:07:27,341 Respond to me, grandma. 142 00:07:27,990 --> 00:07:31,460 How long have you been involved in this nonsense? 143 00:07:38,761 --> 00:07:43,611 A week later, Misha returned home with a real stake. 144 00:07:43,762 --> 00:07:46,862 NOW THE PAHOMOVS WILL REALLY 145 00:07:46,963 --> 00:07:49,263 DIE OF ENVY 146 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:56,490 Have you got it? Well? 147 00:07:58,060 --> 00:07:59,226 You have! 148 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:04,196 Masha, greet your victorious knight! 149 00:08:04,220 --> 00:08:06,660 Here is the stake. 150 00:08:14,380 --> 00:08:17,260 The Pahomovs will die of envy. 151 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,816 Ah-ha-ha! Here we are, here we are. 152 00:08:21,940 --> 00:08:24,876 The metro's packed, the trolley-busses are packed. 153 00:08:24,950 --> 00:08:25,866 Hello! 154 00:08:25,940 --> 00:08:28,360 Come in, have a seat at the table. 155 00:08:40,561 --> 00:08:42,761 THE PAHOMOVS 156 00:08:42,862 --> 00:08:44,712 DIED 157 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:53,663 screenwriter Mark Rozovskiy 158 00:08:53,764 --> 00:08:56,064 director David Cherkasskiy 159 00:08:56,165 --> 00:08:58,465 art director Nikolay Koshkin 160 00:08:58,566 --> 00:09:00,766 composer L. Verbitskiy 161 00:09:00,867 --> 00:09:03,567 camera Anatoliy Gavrilov sound I. Moyzhes 162 00:09:03,668 --> 00:09:06,468 animators Natalya Marchenkova, David Cherkasskiy 163 00:09:06,569 --> 00:09:09,269 voices Z. Pylnova, L. Yaremchuk, M. Shvidler, V. Bortnik, 164 00:09:09,370 --> 00:09:12,320 Veniamin Smehov, V. Shapovalov, F. Antipov, Ye. Papernyy, A. Hudoleyev 165 00:09:12,421 --> 00:09:16,321 assistants R. Lumelskaya, T. Zvyozdochkina, Ya. Seleznyova, S. Muratova, I. Sergeyeva 166 00:09:16,422 --> 00:09:18,122 script editor V. Gaidai 167 00:09:18,223 --> 00:09:20,123 production director I. Mazepa 168 00:09:20,224 --> 00:09:24,524 Artistic Collective for Fictive Animation of the Kiev Studio of Popular Science Films 1975 169 00:09:24,625 --> 00:09:27,125 The End Subtitles - Niffiwan 2025.07 animatsiya.net