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Pilot
Moscow animation studio
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PRESENTS
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a film by Olga Florenskaya
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A STORY ABOUT THE MIRACLE OF MIRACLES
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script, direction and design
Olga Florenskaya
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music
Boris Grebenshchikov
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voice
Oleg Basilashvili
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Russia is an obscure land. It is given
to us for the joy it brings... Oleg Ohapkin
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Hurrah!
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Cesme
Izmail
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Shipka
Ochakov
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Hurrah!
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A story about the miracle of miracles -
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the mechanical artificial leg
of Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment
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Major Gavrila Propoitsyn,
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who lost his natural leg
in the battle of Ochakov...
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RUSSIAN INVALID
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CIRCUS/VARIETY SHOW
FOR FALLEN WARRIOR-ARTISTS
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SACRIFICE WARM CLOTHES, ETC.
TO THE WOUNDED
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GREAT STRENGTH
for any man who's lost his physical energy
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NEWS!
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Ivan Petrovich Kulibin
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Upon reading in the "Russian Invalid"
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about the extraordinary inventions of
the Russian genius Ivan Kulibin,
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who happened to come
into favor at the time,
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this restless major
expressed a desire to continue
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serving his Sovereign and Motherland
in the domain of Mars,
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for which reason he sent to
that Russian Newton a tearful letter
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and three cartfuls of frozen bream.
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Having partaken of the fish,
Kulibin postponed for awhile
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the construction of a steam-driven
bicycle at the Tsarskoselsky Pond,
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and at his leisure complied with
the request of the wounded veteran.
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In three months he manufactured
a never-before-seen-even-in-London
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mechanical artificial leg
having six joints,
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which in appearance looked
incredibly similar to a human one.
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This leg,
among a great concourse of people
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and in the presence of
the Empress herself,
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was awarded to the inconsolable
warrior.
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Hurrah!
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Hurrah!
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Hurrah!
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Hurrah! Hurrah! Hur-r-r-ah!
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Enrolled in the cavalry again,
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Propoitsyn got many a proof of the
unprecedented power of Russian talent,
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for the artificial limb became
more dear to him than his own.
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More than once did it protect its
patron from enemy shells,
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while in the dark of night
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it ran bravely ahead of the horse,
showing the way.
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This leg, on one occasion
when it was turned loose,
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secretly penetrated the enemy's camp
and took the Pasha Hasan prisoner.
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Hurrah!
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For this selfless zeal,
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it earned the Order of St. George
with swords and a bow.
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Later,
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it would often go scouting
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in the costume of a Crimean Tatar.
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Banzai.
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BORODINO
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At Borodino,
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the brave major was introduced
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to the famous Cavalry Maiden
Nadezhda Andreyevna Durova.
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Oh, juniper, juniper,
my juniper in the street.
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Oh, I fell in love,
fell in love in the heat.
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Oh, juniper, juniper,
juniper of mine.
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Wedding her immediately
after the battle,
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Propoitsyn, covered in glory,
gave up military service
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for the sake of a sweet family life.
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The leg, out of a job,
left its benefactor,
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and never returned to him again.
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It sold sour German cough
syrup at the Yelets fair,
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for which it was not infrequently
whipped at the police station.
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As for the children the militant
mechanism begot by chance
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with a merchant's orphan,
Marfa Yeroshnikova,
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the community appointed them
into a state orphanage.
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STATE ORPHANAGE
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THE YELETS FAIR
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Later it visited
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many a corner of our
vast Motherland,
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sowing sedition and discord
with its unusual appearance.
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YERMOLAYEV HIGHROAD
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It is known
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that this felonious leg,
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armed with a six-cartridge musket
of the English type,
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would run out, in twilight, from the
bushes on the Yermolayev highroad,
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frightening the passers-by
going about their business,
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for which, on the local governor's
order, it was caught
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and locked in prison.
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News from the Paris Exhibition...
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It was later noticed
at the Paris Exhibition
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that this historic Russian phenomenon,
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in full military regalia,
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performed in tableaux vivants
on national themes,
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winning the affection and respect
of the demanding French audience.
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After that, the trail of that great
invention is lost to history.
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animation
Vera Taranova
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as well as Olga Florenskaya
and Mariya Yakushina
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camera Irina Yershova
Inna Tiktinskaya
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sound Nadezhda Shknevskaya
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montage Eleonora Dunayevskaya
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creative assistance
Anna Florenskaya
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and
Alexander Florenskiy
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music performed by the home orchestra
"AQUARIUM"
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orchestra "ZONOFON"
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Life-guards Volynsky Regiment
Orchestra, 1908-1912
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and the USSR defense
ministry orchestra
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color setting
Tamara Shabolovskaya
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trusteeship
Larissa Gritsenko
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kind participation: Igor Dmitriyev,
Vladimir Kozlov, Sergey Kuryohin,
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Dmitriy Pryatkin, Aleksandr Romantsov,
Konstantin Tublin, Semyon Mihaylovskiy
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shelter and assistance
LENNAUCHFILM studio, LENFILM studio
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St. Petersburg
1994
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THE END
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Studio PILOT
(studio subs edited by Niffiwan)