1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,000 Soyuztelefilm presents 2 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:18,486 THE BLAST OF THE BOOK based on Chesterton’s story 3 00:00:35,480 --> 00:00:37,000 Scriptwriter - I. Margolina Director - M. Novogrudskaya 4 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,000 The air smelled of rain, spiritism and war. 5 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:22,080 Professor Openshaw, mystic, psychic, famous fighter against prejudice, was talking to himself. 6 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:26,960 - Gentlemen! 7 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:32,960 Spiritualism is bad thing, as well mysticism, but the worst one is materialism. 8 00:01:32,960 --> 00:01:36,480 They ask me: what do I want to prove? 9 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:42,000 The scientist doesn't want to prove anything. He's just looking for. 10 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:45,480 - Meetings with spirits, sir? 11 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,360 England, 1914 12 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,880 - What's new in the Otherworld, Berridge? 13 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:41,880 - Three persons materialized out of nothing; two people disappeared without a trace. 14 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:46,160 - Nothing? 15 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,120 - Absolutely nothing, sir! 16 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,880 Mr. Pringle to Professor Openshaw. 17 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,160 Well! 18 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:29,720 Some Pringle saw two persons open the same book in turn and disappear in turn. 19 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,600 It seems to be true. 20 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,040 - Everything happened before my eyes. 21 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,760 Two of my friends, materialists and engineers... 22 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,240 Or rather, one of them is a materialist, the other is an engineer. 23 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:00,720 Rather one engineer, both materialists, 24 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,920 opened the book and - bam! 25 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:06,760 - I'm disappearing. 26 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:11,760 Shall we meet for lunch then? 27 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,080 - Yes. 28 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:27,360 Mr. Pringle, where is this book now? 29 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:31,760 - In your waiting room, sir. Nothing? 30 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,640 - There's Berridge, the accountant. 31 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,280 - Nothing? 32 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:49,800 - Absolutely nothing, sir. 33 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,320 - And no one who specializes such books… 34 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:10,480 - Such books? The only other person is Dr. Hankey. 35 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,280 A disappearance is his occupation. 36 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:16,880 Let's go to Dr. Hankey! 37 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,880 4, Wonderbuild Street 38 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,480 Put here what you brought 39 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:18,520 - Where are you, Hankey? 40 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:23,840 - Where are you, Hankey? 41 00:09:27,040 --> 00:09:29,280 - Everyone disappears! 42 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,280 - Is everyone? 43 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:32,960 - Absolutely, sir. 44 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,520 The passers-by on the street, Berridge, Hankey. 45 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:42,400 Pringle? 46 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:18,480 Well, a red-haired, mustachioed gentleman who calls himself Pringle visited your office. 47 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,200 Your Secretary, Berridge, seems to know a lot about practical jokes. 48 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:42,200 - Am I a victim of a prank? 49 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,680 I'll challenge him to a duel! 50 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:46,760 Where does he live? 51 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,600 London Address Book 52 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:54,440 - 4, Wonderbuild Street, Professor Barridg. 53 00:10:56,440 --> 00:11:01,360 - Inventor Barridg! My long-standing opponent. 54 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,000 But it was so believable! 55 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:12,160 - The truth is smarter, more terrible, more incredible than mysticism. 56 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,120 Mysticism is convenient. 57 00:11:14,120 --> 00:11:18,640 It distracts, tickles on the nerves. 58 00:11:18,640 --> 00:11:22,160 - What about the passers-by, who disappeared? 59 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:25,840 - Sir, you don't read the newspapers. 60 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,320 England on the eve of war! It was a drill. 61 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,400 England, 1914 62 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,280 - Mysticism is over. 63 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:23,280 Can I have the bill, please? 64 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:44,600 All characters are voiced by Vsevolod Abdulov 65 00:13:18,200 --> 00:13:20,000 The end 66 00:13:21,000 --> 00:13:23,320 Studio of animated TV-films SOYUZTELEFILM, 1990