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THE SOLDIER'S CAFTAN
Based on Russian folk tales

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[SAINT PETERSBURG]
[NEVA RIVER]

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screenwriter & director Vadim Kurchevskiy
art director Marina Kurchevskaya

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camera Sergey Hlebnikov
composer Mihail Meyerovich
sound Vladimir Kutuzov

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animators Vyachelav Shirobreyev,
Roman Mitrofanov, Yelena Gavrilko,
Lidiya Mayatnikova

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narrator
I. Agafonov

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montage Nadezhda Treshchyova
script editor Raisa Frichinskaya

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puppets & decor Vladimir Abbakumov,
Valeriy Petrov, Mihail Koltunov, Viktor
Grishin, Pavel Gusev, Marina Chesnokova

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Nina Moleva, Nataliya Barkovskaya,
Svetlana Znamenskaya, Nataliya Grinberg,
Aleksandr Maksimov, Vladimir Maslov

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Lyudmila Ruban, Semyon Etlis,
Valentin Ladygin, Sergey Galkin

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production director Grigoriy Khmara
(c) Soyuzmultfilm, 1983

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Whether it was or it was not one cannot know,
but what I heard is what I tell.

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Once a general and an admiral came from overseas.

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They had decided to serve under tsar Peter.

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They arrived with their loyal servants
at the same hour,

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and ran into each other
near the Tsar's quarters.

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The guests began boasting
in front of Tsar Peter,

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showing off their garments,
puffing up their worth.

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Peter looks at all this and says:

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Well now, dear guests,
your uniforms are good;

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one can't even tell
whose is best.

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But we in Russia have
hot summers, cold winters,

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and one has to serve in any kind of weather.

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Let's ask a Russian soldier
whose garments are better.

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In my opinion, Your Royal Highness,
- the soldier answers, -

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the soldier's caftan
is the best of all!

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Tsar Peter gave a laugh,

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yet the admiral and the general
swelled up in anger.

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This still has to be proven! - the
guests shouted out. - Proven! Proven!

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Alright. Let's hold a contest
among the three of you.

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We will ask Boreas, the
north wind, to blow harder,

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and then His Highness,
the Sun, to cook hotter.

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The one who withstands the
frost and heat will win the contest.

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If the guests win the contest,
I will give them kingly reward.

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If soldier proves his point,
I will make him a general.

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We will begin tomorrow morning.

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In the morning Tsar Peter
and his suite came out.

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With what shall we begin? - he asks.

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Heat! Heat! - the admiral yells.

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Frost! Frost! - the general
yells even louder.

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It's all the same to me, - the soldier
said. - I will carry out any order.

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Alright. Let it be frost,
- Peter decreed.

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That's enough, - said Tsar Peter.

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- Thank you, brother Frost!

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Let's have a look and see
who's remained alive.

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That's how it goes.

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The admiral's uniform
turned out to be poor.

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Yet your contest is not settled.
Let's see how you withstand the heat.

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Sun, Your Highness, please begin!

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Then the private remembered
how hot it was in the battle.

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Oh, Sun, - he says, - you have
seen Russian soldiers in battles.

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It can get so heated there,
but no matter, we stayed alive!

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Your efforts are in vain! Be careful
not to burn yourself out!

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So the general's garments
are no good as well.

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The soldier's caftan defeated
all of them, - said Peter.

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From now on, soldier, you're a general.

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Your Highness, - the soldier laughs, -

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if the general's uniform
is worse than a soldier's

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why should I exchange good for poor?

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No, I'd better remain a soldier.

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That makes sense.

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And they say that since then,
Tsar Peter, too,

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preferred wearing simple
soldier's garments.

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and would always put it on
when times were hard.

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THE END
Subs by Dust Angel, revised by Niffiwan