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Before you, ladies and gentlemen, is the famous "little mermaid"
as she was written by the great Hans Christian Andersen
in his story of love.
Yep, ladies and gentlemen, in the good old days of Andersen, love still existed.
These stupid people! They think love exists, and mermaids don't!
But you and I know it's the exact opposite!
Love doesn't exist, and mermaids do!
They live at the bottom of the sea in a crystal palace,
and when they turn 15, they are allowed to swim to the surface and see the world.
And when this particular mermaid hit 15...
The Little Mermaid
Based on the tale of H. C. Andersen
screenplay Aleksandr Galich
director-producer Ivan Aksenchuk
art director Daniil Mendelevich composer Aleksandr Lokshin
camera Mihail Druyan sound Georgiy Martynyuk
ass. director L. Kovalevskaya ass. art director V. Tarasov, T. Zebrova ass. camera N. Nayashkova
montage I. Gerasimov script editor R. Frichinskaya
animators A. Alyoshina, Ya. Volskaya, N. Fyodorov, V. Balashov, V. Dolgikh,
M. Rogova, E. Maslova, Ye. Malashenkova, A. Davydov, M. Pershin, M. Kuprach
backgrounds D. Anpilov, V. Isayeva, I. Zaruba
voice actors N. Gulyayeva, A. Papanov, V. Troshin, V. Ivanova,
Yu. Yulskaya, L. Koroleva, R. Makagonova
production director Fyodor Ivanov
Goodbye!
He is handsome and brave!
He should not perish!
Your ship sank, and you alone did not give in to fate.
Drop by drop, let your vitality return.
The first drop...
... will be strength,
Happiness will be the second.
The beautiful should not perish
The brave should not perish.
They should not, they should not, they should not die.
My God! I've recognized him! It's the prince...
Prince!
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this was love.
Love at first sight,
a beautiful and hopeless love,
though the mermaid did not even know the word "love".
And so, my children, this naive mermaid thought of an outrageous plan...
What did you see?
Nothing.
Nothing?
What about the winter flowers on the shore of the sea?
Or the birds in the sky?
Or the snow-covered mountains?
I saw nothing...
...only him.
Did you not meet the fleet-footed stallions,
who, when mounted, will take you to faraway lands?
Did you not see the colorful lights?
I saw nothing...
...only him.
I saw nothing...
...only him!
Hello, madame witch.
You saw nothing, only him!
How did you know?
I know everything.
There has been a case like yours before,
with your great-great-great-grandmother.
She also fell in love with a human,
and wanted to become like a human.
Well, I made her a magical potion,
and she got, instead of her glorious fish tail,
these ridiculous supports, which humans call "legs".
But beware, you will never be able to return
to the bottom of the sea, to your crystal palace.
Let it be.
And if your prince weds someone else,
your heart will be torn into pieces,
and you will turn into sea foam!
Let it be.
And for this magical potion, I will take your best quality.
You have a very beautiful voice...
so it is your voice I will take!
Let it be!
Your legs will run here and there on a dark path!
Do you still want this?
Yes, yes, yes!
And with every step, pain, with every step pain,
with no voice to scream with, what tragedy!
Do you still want this?
Yet, yes, yes!
And next, ladies and gentlemen, happened the most wonderful thing:
The mermaid met her prince.
Who are you, maiden?
Who?
You resemble her, who saved my life...
As if through a dream I remember the face, and the smile,
and especially the song, the magical song,
that she sang.
But maybe, you are not her?
You are silent.
You are mute.
But no...
Still you are beautiful.
If only you knew, that I sacrificed my voice,
to see you...
to hear you...
to be with you, my prince!
My father has written to me.
For some reason I must travel to the neighbouring kingdom,
and present myself to the king and princess.
Well, I suppose I can present myself,
but of course, I only need you, my wonder.
There is no one like you!
What a storm it was.
Everyone died, except me.
I still can't understand how I managed to survive.
Princess! He's already here.
He is coming up the stairs!
Princess! Princess! Hurry up, you aren't even dressed yet!
Princess! Princess!
Come quickly, the king says the prince is here!
Hello, prince.
It's you!
Yes, I see now, it's you!
There on the wild seashore,
you saved my life.
You found me, remember?
And now we've found her!
Aren't you very glad?
If your prince weds another,
your heart will be torn to pieces,
and you will turn into sea foam!
She is like a sister to me.
She is an exquisite creature,
although mute.
Tell me, darling, what was the song that you sang,
on that morning you saved my life?
Did I sing? I don't remember.
Sister! Sister! Listen sister, we know everything!
We gave madame witch everything we had.
Our jewels and our crowns.
We gave her our amber palace,
And our lustrous braids.
We gave everything,
only to prevent your death!
Here, madame witch sends you this potion,
Be careful! It contains a storm, and before sunrise,
you must open this vessel, and a storm will burst forth,
and it will sink this ship, the prince, and the princess.
Only with such a price may you become a mermaid again!
But hurry, hurry!
Either they must die or you!
There is no other way, but hurry, hurry, sister!
Soon the sun will rise and you will turn into sea foam!
Hurry!
My sister! Where are you?
Where are you?
The surf beats against the black rocks,
People struggle in this unequal battle.
But I believe that drop by drop, Your vitality will return,
The first drop will be strength,
Happiness will be the second.
The beautiful should not perish,
The brave should not perish.
They should not, they should not, they should not die.
So I see you have remembered that song after all...
And that, my children, is how the story ends.
That silly mermaid wanted to become a human,
but, in a word,
Though a young bull may roam, He'd best stay close to home.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is a very sorrowful tale,
Very sorrowful, and very beautiful,
a tale of love that knows no obstacles,
of courage, and kindness.
Of courage, and kindness.
The End
subs by yeliza0veta (2008), transcribed by Eus (2012), corrected by Niffiwan (2022)