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Belarusfilm
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Animated Film Studio
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Yuletide Stories
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A Christmas Story
(based on the poem by Sasha Chyornyy)
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In the manger, on fresh hay slept
Peaceful, silent, tiny Christ.
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Peeking from the shade, a crescent
Moon stroked the flax of His hair...
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A bull breathed into the Babe's face,
And, as he rustled some straw,
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Looked at a knee, small and springy,
Looked at it and held his breath.
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Many sparrows through the roof poles
To the manger flocked as one,
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A calf, pushing up to the niche,
Creased the blanket with his lip.
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A dog...
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A dog snuck up to a warm foot,
And gave it a secret lick.
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Comfiest of them all, the cat lay,
Warming the Babe with her side...
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A white goat, subdued and peaceful,
Onto the Babe's forehead breathed.
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Only the grey, stupid donkey
Pressed the others helplessly:
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"Let me in for just a minute,
To look at the Child as well!"
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And he cried out, loudly sobbing,
In the silence of pre-dawn...
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Then Christ, eyes suddenly open,
Parted the circle of beasts,
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And, his smile full of affection,
Whispered:
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"Look, here's your chance!.."
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director Irina Kodyukova
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art director Tatyana Kublitskaya
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camera Galina Gireva
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composer Konstantin Sharov
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sound Andrey Volkov
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narrator Boris Plotnikov
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The End
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The Blizzard
(based on D. Bulgakovskiy's story)
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It was Christmas Eve.
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A third grade student of a
theological school, Vasya,
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received a report card with excellent
scores in achievements and behavior
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and the permission to spend
his holidays at home.
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Vasya loved Yuletide with all his heart
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and rejoiced at seeing his father,
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who served as sexton of the parish
church, and his dear mother.
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We now humbly entreat Thee,
O most holy Master:
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do Thou accompany now this
Thy servants by Thy grace.
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Send unto him as to
Thy servant Tobias...
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Ah, Vasya!
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You are fortunate that a traveling
merchant chanced by,
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otherwise you would
have probably frozen.
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Many years passed.
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And again it was Christmas Eve,
and again a blizzard was beginning.
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"It's a bad thing, buddy, to be
without a home in such weather."
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"Come in, traveler, get warm."
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"You see, Holy Master,"
spoke the poor man,
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"Now I beg,
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but once I had happiness in everything,
and helped others myself."
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"Once, I was riding to the fair
for Christmas," he continued.
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"It was as cold as it is now -
just terrible!
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I looked, and saw a boy sitting
on the road, numb with cold."
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The bishop peered carefully
at the old man.
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"I remember!" the poor man said,
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"The boy's name was Vasya."
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"So you're the one who saved my life!"
exclaimed the bishop.
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"That boy whom you picked up
on your route...
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...was me!"
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Wonderful are Your works, O Lord!
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film crew: A. Orlenko, I. Plyuto,
L. Lukashenko, N. Volchek,
D. Yakutovich, O. Onopriyenko
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The End
(subs by Niffiwan, helped
by Baofu @ animatsiya.net)
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"Belarusfilm" studio, 1994