1 00:00:26,276 --> 00:00:29,000 Armenfilm 2 00:00:33,977 --> 00:00:36,977 Here is an old fairy tale that has survived to this day... 3 00:00:39,150 --> 00:00:41,950 There was a town - rich and gorgeous... 4 00:00:42,974 --> 00:00:44,974 And in it lived a greedy man... 5 00:00:45,517 --> 00:00:49,317 named Abu Hasan. 6 00:00:50,417 --> 00:00:53,867 Screenplay: Levon Budaghyan, Rafael Babayan 7 00:00:53,969 --> 00:00:56,069 Director: Rafael Babayan 8 00:00:56,170 --> 00:00:57,970 He had a slipper shop... 9 00:00:58,444 --> 00:01:00,194 And what slippers he had in this shop!... 10 00:01:00,305 --> 00:01:03,305 Beautiful, fancy, first class. 11 00:01:04,609 --> 00:01:06,409 But wherever he was... 12 00:01:06,696 --> 00:01:08,646 He always wore the same slippers... 13 00:01:08,757 --> 00:01:13,757 Which had become old rags a long time ago. 14 00:01:14,274 --> 00:01:18,274 Which had become old rags a long time ago! 15 00:01:28,003 --> 00:01:29,683 THE SLIPPERS OF ABU HASAN 16 00:01:32,041 --> 00:01:36,041 One world, one empire and one Hasan. 17 00:01:36,896 --> 00:01:37,896 Abu Hasan. 18 00:01:40,384 --> 00:01:44,284 The shuffling of his feet Would wake up the whole street. 19 00:01:44,472 --> 00:01:50,872 Every house would wake up, and the sultan's whole empire too. 20 00:01:51,178 --> 00:01:55,778 And groups of neighbors would talk with disgust and in tears: 21 00:01:55,907 --> 00:01:57,907 "That's Hasan, going to work." 22 00:02:40,483 --> 00:02:46,483 He's a cobbler, buried in gold, but wears rags patched and stinky. 23 00:02:52,552 --> 00:02:53,902 Patched! 24 00:02:57,010 --> 00:03:02,260 Will my slippers be a trouble someday, and ruin my whole business?.. 25 00:03:05,267 --> 00:03:07,467 The neighboring jeweler, this skunk... 26 00:03:07,603 --> 00:03:11,073 Holding envy in his heart, was setting a trap against Hasan... 27 00:03:11,212 --> 00:03:13,212 And was pretending to be his buddy. 28 00:03:21,126 --> 00:03:25,676 The jeweler, who knew better the vice and virtue of this world... 29 00:03:25,804 --> 00:03:29,504 Exchanged Hasan's and the judge's slippers. 30 00:03:35,179 --> 00:03:40,179 Enjoy your bath, my neighbor Abu Hasan. 31 00:03:46,172 --> 00:03:49,572 He brought me these - he is my friend and my own back. 32 00:03:49,712 --> 00:03:51,612 Not only a jeweler, but a man of gold. 33 00:03:51,736 --> 00:03:57,736 There's the great Hadi... what a man, that Hadi! He would judge everyone. 34 00:04:04,579 --> 00:04:06,979 Evildoers, ungrateful scum! 35 00:04:07,746 --> 00:04:09,296 The guilt is not ours, Judge. 36 00:04:09,944 --> 00:04:11,594 This is Hasan's work! 37 00:04:12,045 --> 00:04:17,195 Yes, it was him. Catch him, catch this outlaw! 38 00:04:21,250 --> 00:04:23,250 Catch him, catch him! 39 00:04:23,291 --> 00:04:27,291 Catch him, catch him, catch him! 40 00:04:40,173 --> 00:04:44,673 Take that, Abu Hasan, no one has escaped me yet. 41 00:04:59,570 --> 00:05:02,370 I hid my slippers, and that will be the end of it. 42 00:05:06,290 --> 00:05:07,940 What's that godless being doing? 43 00:05:08,027 --> 00:05:11,527 Burying a treasure or digging one out? 44 00:05:33,012 --> 00:05:38,012 It's not theft, but a fair lesson, when you steal another's stolen goods. 45 00:05:42,020 --> 00:05:47,620 But in cozy, glorious sleep, evil often stirs one's dreams... 46 00:05:47,689 --> 00:05:53,289 Whoever has seen the raggy slippers can become judges of you... 47 00:05:53,621 --> 00:05:58,271 What slipper has ever judged its owner, or condemned him to beheading?.. 48 00:05:58,889 --> 00:06:03,889 Alas, alas, rotten world, God's conscience is over. 49 00:06:06,452 --> 00:06:09,502 Off with his head, off with his head! 50 00:06:33,791 --> 00:06:35,891 Many ships have sunk in the sea; 51 00:06:35,992 --> 00:06:39,792 the sea hides a lot, and it will also hide slippers. 52 00:06:41,311 --> 00:06:46,311 This is either because of the dragon, or the wicked shaitan. 53 00:06:47,675 --> 00:06:51,675 In the morning, there was a horrific disaster in this crowded town. 54 00:06:51,924 --> 00:06:55,924 Water was not flowing from the pipe; women were weeping and suffering. 55 00:06:56,101 --> 00:06:59,101 The water master began his work. 56 00:07:07,377 --> 00:07:11,277 O Allah, protect us from enemy armies... 57 00:07:11,377 --> 00:07:14,927 And from the notorious slippers of the unholy cobbler Hasan... 58 00:07:15,014 --> 00:07:16,764 Grind him, hang him, stake him out! 59 00:07:23,690 --> 00:07:26,540 I'll burn them with red-hot fire. 60 00:07:47,456 --> 00:07:51,456 Let them dry, they'll turn to ashes later. 61 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:03,720 He's dead, the noble judge is dead. 62 00:08:03,921 --> 00:08:06,671 Hang his unholy, godless killer! 63 00:08:08,491 --> 00:08:09,491 - Is he dead? - Dead? 64 00:08:13,716 --> 00:08:16,216 This is my end, holy God! 65 00:08:16,828 --> 00:08:18,828 The case reached the great sultan. 66 00:08:19,008 --> 00:08:20,008 Talk, you beast! 67 00:08:20,332 --> 00:08:24,232 I'm not guilty, oh great and glorious sultan. 68 00:08:24,333 --> 00:08:27,333 I'm innocent, but my slippers... 69 00:08:27,655 --> 00:08:31,955 My slippers are guilty; I'm innocent. 70 00:08:32,152 --> 00:08:38,452 Your sentence, based on our laws, shall be both unforgiving and merciful... 71 00:08:38,515 --> 00:08:41,515 We'll free you from the slippers, Abu Hasan. 72 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:42,800 Hang! 73 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:12,240 Hang! 74 00:09:39,943 --> 00:09:43,943 Now I know that you will buy new slippers for sure. 75 00:09:44,512 --> 00:09:52,512 O Allah, protect us from enemy armies, and from our hangmen's knives too. 76 00:09:55,718 --> 00:09:59,718 ...From our salutary sultan's frightful jokes... 77 00:09:59,783 --> 00:10:04,783 ...And from poor cobbler Hasan's slippers, which became a well-known tale. 78 00:10:06,823 --> 00:10:09,073 The End (subtitles - parizani & Niffiwan, 2024)