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Co-production of the Soyuzmultfilm Moscow
& Defa animationfilm Dresden

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Ballad about a desk
A social educational advertisement
(" A Film-Poster")

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Script writer Alexander Bezymensky

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directed by Roman Davydov & Michael Kalinin
Art-direction Roman Davydov

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cameraman Nikolai Grinberg
music D. Lvov-Kompaneyets
sound Boris Filchikov

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animator Lev Zhdanov
Assistant director M. Korabelhikova
Cutter N. Aravina

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puppets and decor Roman Gurov

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(Voice)actors:
Alexander Bezymensky & Igor Ilyinsky

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On our joyful earth

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everyone must fight against evil.

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This is the idea

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the essence of this ballad is about a desk.

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It will enroll before your eyes

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in colored film frames.

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I'll read it to you with an actor,

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known to you since a long time*.
* Igor Ilyinsky

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I have the honor to introduce him myself.

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This is the hero of the ballad.

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This hero lived quietly,

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worked somewhere,

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and was modest in all respects.

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Although his soul was quite secretive.

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Valuing the dignity of the hero,
he was forgiven for this sin.

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He worked as well as anyone.

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In his speeches he did not disturb

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people, neither small nor big.

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He was efficient, helpful, quiet.

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And in a short period, his service zeal,

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and exemplary behavior

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captivated his superiors.

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So now a reward is given to him.

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[Assignment]

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Here begins our ballad.

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There was a desk placed in the office
on a prominent spot in the room.

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There wasn't anything special

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about the office item.

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Usually on an ordinary floor
just a common desk is planted

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Having received his assignment,

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the hero of the ballad

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began work in his new office.

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He was amiable, easy going and caring

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as well as very polite in his conversation.

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I want to work well together with everyone.

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I'll arrange matters. Make them happen.
I'll solve matters.

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Call on me at any time.

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Just come in - I beg you!

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I will solved questions myself.

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I'll research it.

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I'll fix it.

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Clever and agile,

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he went around his office,

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he checked out the furniture

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and quietly sat down at his desk.

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He immediately changed on the spot.

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Look, here's what happened

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he manifested all his fervor and intelligence,

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his zeal, his scope.

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[Chief]

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[Do not enter without being called in!]

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Grumbling, he leaned his forehead

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towards his papers and requests.

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Compared to him at his desk,

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all people became small.

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The comrade became both rude and angry,

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as soon as he sat down at this desk.

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Application. Send urgently.
- Refusal.

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I will not give permission.

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I will not intervene to resolve this issue.

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11 references must be sent.

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Immediately send to the archive,

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to get pidgeon-holed and put in the waste-basket.

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The paper rustles,
[Urgent request]

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and the work comes to a standstill

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[Urgent request]

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[Do not enter without being called in!]

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Sergey Kuzmich!

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What an honor, that you call me yourself!

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And this is true, without flattery.

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After all, I'm a pigmy compared to you.

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Your call I reckon, if I am in order.

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I owe you too much.

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To work at such a post...

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This post is not frightening for me,

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Thanks to your support,

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I seem to grow by leaps and bounds.

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Your intrusion hinders the work.

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Jezus, what an energetic, self-confident petitioner.

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Is the work worth it?
Wait...never mind...

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Come and visit me in a month or two.

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I will not give permission,
I will not intervene to resolve this issue.

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The question is to be postponed till the spring.

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Immediately to the archive,
under the carpet and in the waste-basket.

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The papers rustle,

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but the work is worth it.

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He is glued to his armchair and was strict.

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Nothing can penetrate him.

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Because the voices of other people's anxieties

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do not disturb him at all.

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Like by a stone wall,

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everything was shielded from his lofty desk.

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[Chief]

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Do not enter, without being called

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No, I can not pay attention to you.

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I'm busy.

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I'm in the middle of

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a meeting.

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No, I do not need such control!

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I'll dismiss it, I will not set in motion, I will forbid it, I will not allow it.

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[Decree. I will not allow it.]

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Decree. Rebuke!

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Decree. To be layed off.

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But then a thunder sounded above him.

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And you can easily guess,

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for what he got thrown out

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from his study, and his desk.

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But now he's kicked off from his desk.

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Just look, he is like he was before.

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His face friendly, his words gentle.

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once more he became common and very polite.

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He was so full of a smile,

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though once again plant him behind a desk...

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I read you the entire story.

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No, not at all.

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I heard the opinion,

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that, they say, the desk is guilty of everything

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and one needs this kind of position in an institution.

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Oh, no, it's not teh job-type!

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Not the desk, but people are to blame,

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that at another honest table

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sometimes bureaucrats get seated.

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How to fight back such a disaster?

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"What is the conclusion?"
- The conclusion I have:

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Do not admit them to a position

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and chase them away from their desks.

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The End
Subs by lemicnor & Eus
November 2017