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Creative association Ecran (Screen)

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What an Absent-Minded Person
(Children's poem, S. Marshak, 1930)

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written by Vladimir Golovanov
directed by Marianna Novogrudskaya
music Aleksey Rybnikov

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art director Galina Beda
cameraman Ernest Gaman

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Sound O. Solomonov
Editor G. Drobinina

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Workers on the film: A.Zyablikova, V.Shulenin, M.Zolova,
I.Degtyareva, I.Mednik, N.Alehina, G.Fyodorova
O.Pryanishnikova, V.Medzhibobskiy, A.Timofeyevskiy

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Narrators: Aleksandr Livshits,
Aleksandr Levenbuk

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There lived an absent-minded person

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on Basseyenaya Street.

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In the morning he sat on the bed,

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and began putting on his shirt,

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put the arms into the sleeves -

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they turned out to be trousers.

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When he wanted to put on a coat

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they told him: "Wrong one!"

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When he wanted to
squeeze into gaiters

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They said: "These are someone else's!"

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Instead of a cap, while walking,

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He put a skillet on his head.

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Instead of felt boots
he squeezed on gloves

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over his heels.

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What an absent minded person

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from Basseyenaya Street!

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One day on the streetcar

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he was going to the station

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and, as he opened the doors,

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said to the driver:

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"My most dearest

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wagondriv-earest!

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Wagon-dearest.

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most driv-earest!

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Whatever else might happen,

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I must get off right here.

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Isn't it possible to stop the

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straincar at the steention?"

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The driver was most baffled -

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and the street car stopped.

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What an absent minded person

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from Basseyenaya Street!

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He went to the bar

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to buy a ticket for himself.

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And then ran to the ticket booth

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to buy a bottle of kvass.

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What an absent-minded person

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from Basseyenaya Street!

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He ran onto the platform

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and climbed into a detached wagon,

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brought his bags and suitcases inside,

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crammed 'em under the seats,

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sat down in a corner
in front of the window,

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and had a quiet sleep...

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"What stop is this?"

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he called early in the morning

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and from the platform he was told

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"That is the city of Leningrad!"

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He slept a bit again

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and again looked out of the window,

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saw a big station,

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scratched his head and said:

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"What stop is this -

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Bologoye or Popovka?"

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And from the platform he was told:

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"This is the city of Leningrad."

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He slept a bit again

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and again looked out of the window,

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saw a big station,

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stretched, and said:

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"What station is this -

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Dibuny or Yamskaya?"

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and from the platform he was told

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"This is the city of Leningrad."

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He shouted: "What kind
of joke is this?!

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I've traveled for two days already

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and have come back here,

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back to Leningrad?!"

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MOSCOW / LENINGRAD

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What an absent minded person

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from Basseyenaya Street!

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The End
Translated by NatBrown, 
ed. by Niffiwan, original timings by Eus