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Creative association " EKRAN "
1987

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THE WHITE HERON
after a fairy tale by N. Teleshova

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Far to the north of the icy
sea on a lonely island

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lies a kingdom, unapproachable
by ship most of the year,

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in the cold twilight and fog.

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The long winter has just begun,

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but the castle already looks forward to spring.

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due to the fact that princess Isolde

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is betrothed to an alien prince.

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And in the spring their wedding is to be held .

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Isolde, my child, what are you thinking?

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I... I'm worried about Prince Saghir.

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Sailing in our seas is so dangerous!

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Do not be afraid, my child.

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In his country live intrepid explorers.

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Tell me about his country, father.

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Oh, it's a beautiful country.

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All year round the sun is shining,
flowers are blooming

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and birds are singing.

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There you will not have to sit
in dark rooms and be bored.

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This fabric is imported from China.

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Ah! Look! Look how thin this silk is!

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How it almost seems fluid!

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No, no.

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Or maybe this one from India?

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Ah! This is even more beautiful.

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No.

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I want a wedding dress
reminding me of my homeland.

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And so I want a dress sewed
as white as snow!

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With a cloak, gray as our sea!

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Now look!

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See how beautiful those frosty
patterns on the glass are?

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I need a diadem made of the finest feathers!

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But they should glitter and sparkle like this pattern.

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I'll make you a white
dress, like none other,

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none, princess.

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I'll make you a gray cloak, embroidered with pearls.

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But I can not make such a diadem.

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because nowhere in the world exists such material.

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What a pity... What a pity that this is impossible.

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Three days passed.

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Who are you? Do not be afraid, do not be afraid.

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I am a trader.

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I heard you want a wedding crown

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of the same beauty as frosty patterns.

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Isn't that right?

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So you can get one?

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Listen, far to the south
on the shores of a beautiful lake

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live egrets*.
* White herons

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Every spring they grow a white tuft on their heads

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of the finest feathers.

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And if such a tuft is decorated with diamonds

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you'll be so beautiful that the
Prince will love you even more.

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Get me such a tuft!

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But.. For this you need to kill an egret.

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Kill? No.

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But there are so many of them!

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I do not need this outfit!

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We'd only need one!

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No, no, no! Get out! Go, cruel man!

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Think about it, princess!

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We'd only need one!

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The prince will love you even more...

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The princess did not sleep all night.

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In the morning, she called back the old man

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and ordered him to go get one.

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The long-awaited spring arrived.

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In the palace, everything was ready for the wedding.

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From day to day they awaited the arrival of the groom.

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Father! Father!

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Look! A sail!

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Yes, my child.

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It's the ship of the Prince.

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Bring me the crown!

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And give orders that in the harbor
carpets will be spread out .

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Long live the King!

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Long live the Prince!

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Long live Prince Saghir!

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Long live the King!

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I greet you, dear Prince Saghir.

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Welcome to our kingdom.

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I have brought you everything
that my country is rich in.

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Really...is it possible the old man deceived me?

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The wedding is tomorrow!

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Ah! Finally!

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The white heron? Did you kill one?

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Sst.. Just one.

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I took the crest to a big city, to the best jeweler.

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Look what he made for you!

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Ah! This is what I dreamed of!

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How can I thank you?

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I already got what I wanted, princess.

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Look! Look, dad!

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What a fine piece the foreigner brought me!

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I'm the happiest princess in the world!

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How you resemble your mother...

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Princess! Princess, this flower grew by the distant lake,

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where the killed heron's blood was spilled.

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I came here to take you with me

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and show you what
your whim has caused, Princess.

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Take this flower, it has magical powers,

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it will allow you to fly.

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Don't be afraid!

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Let's fly!

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Merchandise! Buy this dagger!

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A dagger of Damascus steel...

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The finest in the world... Damascus steel...

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Buy an Isolde outfit!

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Look, but, that is my diadem!

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And so many of them!

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Buy an Isolde outfit!

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This is the wedding diadem
of the bride of Prince Saghir!

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There is the old man!

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He is a terrible person!

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He has gotten fabulously rich by selling crests.

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But where did he get so many crests?

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I'll show you. Let's fly!

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Look! This snow is not snow.

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These are white heron feathers.

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We lived freely and happily,

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until you agreed to kill one of us.

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Now our family is almost extinct.

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If... If I could atone.

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Save yourself!

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A dream...

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But... what a terrible dream!

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What a nightmare...

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the princess is not wearing her diadem...

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Father, I wanted to talk to you.

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Later, my daughter, later.

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Now is not the time.

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Glory to the King!

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Glory to the princess!

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And glory to you, Prince!

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Take the hand of my daughter!

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Wait, father.

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Tell me, Prince! Is it true that
in your country, all egrets have been killed?

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Yes, I heard about it.

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They are killed for their beautiful crests,

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from which decorations are made.

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How cruel

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So the dream is true...

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Prince Saghir, I can not be your wife!

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But why?

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Come to your senses, my child! Come to your senses!

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I've decided,
I'll become the queen of the egrets.

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Goodbye!

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- Look! Look!
- She's turned into a bird!

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Look! There she flies!

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Where are you going?

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No one saw the princess ever again.

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Prince Saghir strictly forbade hunting
egrets in the country from then on.

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Several years passed and on the lake the white birds came back.

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written by K. Sergiyenko
directed by Maya Buzinova, Joseph Douksha
art director Galina Beda

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cameraman George Krinitsky
music I. Yegikov
sound Vitaly Azarovsky

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animators Maya Buzinova, Alla Solovyova,
Olga Anashkina

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voice artists N. Romashenko,
Yuriy Medvedev, Liya Ahedgakova,
Albert Filozov, Valentin Gaft

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puppets and decor Yelena Pokrovskaya,
Nina Panteleyeva, Lyubov' Doronina, Victor Sletkov,
A. Degtyarev, Valery Petrov, A. Mulyukina,

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Margarita Bogatskaya, Gennady Bogachev,
Anatoly Kuznetsov, Nadezhda Lyarskaya,
Anatoly Gnedinsky, Boris Karavayev

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Art Assistant A Lyarsky, montage S. Simuhin
script editor Alice Feodoridi
production director Ye. Bobrovskaya

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The End
Subs by Aleksandr & Eus (ed. Niffiwan), 13-01-2021

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Creative association Ekran
for USSR TV 1987