1 00:00:02,176 --> 00:00:10,276 THE TALE OF IVAN, A LORD AND SOME BADDIES 2 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,970 Once upon a time there was a lord. 3 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:23,400 And that lord was terribly wicked and greedy. 4 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:26,380 He was a nuisance to mankind, 5 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:28,860 but baddies welcomed him. 6 00:00:28,976 --> 00:00:32,664 They followed him like a tail follows a dog. 7 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,090 That's why people called them his minions. 8 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:44,700 Nothing was ever enough for this lord. 9 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:46,920 He always wanted more stuff. 10 00:00:47,020 --> 00:00:48,940 If he lent out a handful of grains, 11 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,300 he'd demand a full sack in return. 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:56,820 And whatever the lord missed, the baddies would get. 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,590 But even this lord got his just desserts. 14 00:01:04,340 --> 00:01:08,420 One day, the lord came to visit Ivan the Merry. 15 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,460 And those baddies were right there with him. 16 00:01:11,580 --> 00:01:14,280 But Ivan was unfazed - he said to the lord: 17 00:01:14,380 --> 00:01:17,700 "I am rich today. My house is full of good things. 18 00:01:17,808 --> 00:01:21,400 There's good cheer in my closet and a pot of joy on my stove. 19 00:01:21,504 --> 00:01:23,360 Take it all, I'm not greedy." 20 00:01:26,848 --> 00:01:28,976 The lord got angry. 21 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,260 Ivan, this village lout, was making fun of him. 22 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,740 He took everything he could. 23 00:01:35,860 --> 00:01:37,550 He even took the door. 24 00:01:41,984 --> 00:01:47,120 As soon as the lord left the yard, the baddies barged into the house. 25 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,710 Another man would have lost his head after such a disaster. 26 00:02:00,816 --> 00:02:02,520 But not Ivan. 27 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,120 He decided to outwit the baddies. 28 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:16,910 "My dear guests," 29 00:02:17,104 --> 00:02:18,092 said Ivan, 30 00:02:18,190 --> 00:02:20,760 "why are you gnawing on pillows? 31 00:02:20,864 --> 00:02:22,656 What sort of tasty treat is that? 32 00:02:23,072 --> 00:02:25,712 Come with me, I'll give you a proper meal. 33 00:02:25,860 --> 00:02:27,770 One that you'll never forget." 34 00:02:41,580 --> 00:02:46,920 Ivan led the baddies to the river. 35 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,440 In the river splashed many fish. 36 00:02:48,540 --> 00:02:52,780 "Did you see that?" said Ivan, "You'll soon have pike, 37 00:02:53,008 --> 00:02:58,848 and tench, and carp, and burbot - you'll have it all." 38 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:13,760 Ivan was glad. He thought he had gotten rid of the baddies. 39 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,860 But the baddies crawled out of the river 40 00:03:18,992 --> 00:03:20,860 and rushed after Ivan. 41 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,504 They were angrier than ever. 42 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:28,970 Ivan kept his head. 43 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,180 He immediately knew what to do next. 44 00:03:32,768 --> 00:03:35,782 "Oh, you poor men," said Ivan, "you didn't do it right! 45 00:03:35,888 --> 00:03:39,632 But never mind, I've got another treat for you." 46 00:03:42,700 --> 00:03:46,260 Ivan led the baddies into the forest. 47 00:03:51,700 --> 00:03:55,880 He cut down one of the thicker trees, split it open and said: 48 00:03:56,976 --> 00:03:59,548 "Here you go, try the middle. 49 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,420 There's nothing sweeter in the world." 50 00:04:02,540 --> 00:04:05,560 That's how the baddies got caught. 51 00:04:06,304 --> 00:04:07,676 Ivan was cunning. 52 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:12,000 He decided to get rid of the baddies and the lord in one go. 53 00:04:12,112 --> 00:04:15,680 Only he needed a sturdy sack for this. 54 00:04:56,020 --> 00:04:58,140 Ivan went to the market. 55 00:04:58,260 --> 00:05:00,820 He traded his axe for a good sack, 56 00:05:00,940 --> 00:05:03,760 and got a chimney cake to go with it. 57 00:05:03,936 --> 00:05:05,504 Not that's lucky! 58 00:05:07,820 --> 00:05:09,700 Ivan walked back, 59 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:14,260 cheery as anyone could be, making noise all over the neighborhood. 60 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:17,800 Let the baddies hear, so they get angrier. 61 00:05:19,632 --> 00:05:21,888 Oh, how angry those baddies became! 62 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:25,984 They escaped the tree and rushed at Ivan. 63 00:05:26,140 --> 00:05:28,280 That's just what he needed. 64 00:05:28,380 --> 00:05:31,610 "Look," he says, "I brought you a chimney cake. 65 00:05:31,968 --> 00:05:33,792 Eat, don't be shy." 66 00:05:33,980 --> 00:05:36,980 The baddies jumped into the bag. 67 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:42,860 Ivan tied the sack real tight and went to the lord's house. 68 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:09,500 Ivan knew that if the lord saw the sack, he would remember his debts. 69 00:06:12,060 --> 00:06:13,790 And that's just what happened. 70 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:28,120 "What's this?" said the lord, 71 00:06:28,220 --> 00:06:30,220 "Are you making merry again? 72 00:06:30,340 --> 00:06:33,000 Have you forgotten your debts?" 73 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,592 "Oh, your reverence," said Ivan, 74 00:06:36,736 --> 00:06:39,102 "how can I pay you off? 75 00:06:39,200 --> 00:06:43,520 I guess I'll have to give you this sack. It's magic." 76 00:06:46,180 --> 00:06:48,080 The lord was surprised. 77 00:06:48,624 --> 00:06:50,080 Magic? 78 00:06:51,712 --> 00:06:53,760 "Magic," Ivan replied, 79 00:06:54,016 --> 00:06:57,500 "only you must remember, m'lord, it is very lazy. 80 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,110 You must cane it a hundred times, 81 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:02,670 and then ask it for whatever you want." 82 00:07:12,460 --> 00:07:15,690 The lord didn't skimp on the canings. 83 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:17,980 He gave it the entire hundred. 84 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,420 Every last one. 85 00:07:21,568 --> 00:07:24,416 And then all hell broke loose! 86 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,780 The baddies outdid themselves. 87 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,440 They paid back every single hit. 88 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,920 Who knew that that lord could be so quick? 89 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,160 He was probably saving it for this occasion. 90 00:07:55,648 --> 00:07:59,300 And so the land was left with neither a lord, 91 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,640 nor any baddies. 92 00:08:01,744 --> 00:08:04,352 Only a fairy tale remained. 93 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,980 director Roman Adamovich screenwriter Aleksander Kostinskiy 94 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:24,440 art directors Roman Adamovich, Nataliya Chernyshyova 95 00:08:24,580 --> 00:08:29,740 camera Anatoliy Gavrilov composer Yakov Lapinskiy sound V. Antonenko 96 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:33,720 animators I. Borodavko, N. Bondar, A. Karbovnichiy, Aleksander Lavrov, 97 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:37,420 Yevgeniy Sivokon, Mihail Titov, V. Vrublevskiy, Aleksandr Viken 98 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,920 assistants L. Vrublevskaya, T. Cherni, O. Deryazhnaya, A. Ibadulayev 99 00:08:41,340 --> 00:08:45,380 script editor Svetlana Kutsenko 100 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,460 production director Ivan Mazepa 101 00:08:48,560 --> 00:08:50,540 Kievnauchfilm - division of fictive animation, 1977 102 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:54,480 The End Subs by Eus & Niffiwan, Jan 2025