1
00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:07,199
Federal Agency for Culture
and Cinematography

2
00:00:09,439 --> 00:00:10,799
Pilot animation studio

3
00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:12,359
present

4
00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:16,719
We live in Russia.

5
00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:22,320
The state emblem of Russia is a golden
double-headed eagle, powerful and majestic.

6
00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:27,640
On his chest we see St.George slaying
the evil dragon with a silver lance.

7
00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,200
The Russian flag has three colors:

8
00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:33,759
white, blue and red.

9
00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:36,640
Our capital is Moscow.

10
00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:39,480
Russia is the biggest
country in the world.

11
00:00:39,679 --> 00:00:42,000
Many different nations
live on its territory.

12
00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,520
And each nation has its own
customs and traditions.

13
00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:47,960
Our closest neighbor is Ukraine.

14
00:00:48,399 --> 00:00:50,479
Many Ukrainians also live in Russia.

15
00:00:50,679 --> 00:00:53,920
The biggest river of the Ukraine
is called the Dnieper.

16
00:00:54,119 --> 00:00:56,719
Interestingly, the Dnieper, as well
as the great Russian Volga river,

17
00:00:56,880 --> 00:00:59,719
both originate in Russia,
in the Valdai Hills.

18
00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:01,760
The fertile Ukrainian soils

19
00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:03,440
nurture fields of golden wheat,

20
00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,519
and its orchards give bloom to
delicious sour cherries.

21
00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,440
In its gardens ripen juicy tomatoes

22
00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:09,879
and enormous sweet watermelons.

23
00:01:10,239 --> 00:01:12,920
If you throw such a watermelon
into the Dnieper,

24
00:01:13,120 --> 00:01:16,040
it will float across the
Ukraine from north to south,

25
00:01:16,239 --> 00:01:19,199
and reach the warm Black Sea.

26
00:01:20,359 --> 00:01:22,400
Ukrainians love to sing and dance.

27
00:01:22,599 --> 00:01:26,799
The melodious Ukrainian songs are
famous all over the world.

28
00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:32,000
And, of course, Ukrainians know
and tell marvelous fairy tales.

29
00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,680
Each of them is like a wonderful gem.

30
00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:43,120
Mountain of Gems

31
00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,959
"The Greedy Miller's Wife"
A Ukrainian fairy tale

32
00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,740
Once there lived in a village

33
00:01:51,889 --> 00:01:54,079
a rich miller and his wife.

34
00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:56,810
He had a very big farm!

35
00:01:56,961 --> 00:02:00,161
His household was like a full cup.

36
00:02:00,599 --> 00:02:03,239
The granary was crammed with grain.

37
00:02:03,439 --> 00:02:06,239
But they were very greedy.

38
00:02:06,439 --> 00:02:09,759
They wouldn't even share
the snow in winter.

39
00:02:17,439 --> 00:02:20,599
Their neighbor was a poor old woman.

40
00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:27,079
"Giddy up!"

41
00:02:39,039 --> 00:02:42,049
The only thing the old woman had

42
00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:44,280
was her spotted hen, Pestrushka.

43
00:03:13,219 --> 00:03:16,239
One day, the miller's wife
became envious.

44
00:03:16,439 --> 00:03:19,560
She wanted a spotted hen
just like her neighbor's.

45
00:03:36,719 --> 00:03:39,680
"At night one can't see anything!"

46
00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:42,519
"Why did you put that here?!"

47
00:04:10,919 --> 00:04:13,319
"Wife!"

48
00:04:58,319 --> 00:05:00,920
The miller woke up in the morning,

49
00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,480
but in his wife's place,
he saw...!

50
00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:05,240
"Ah?!!! Oh!!!"

51
00:05:05,399 --> 00:05:09,879
"What will people say?!
Disaster!"

52
00:05:10,399 --> 00:05:14,039
Just then, the neighbor came by
asking to borrow some grain.

53
00:05:17,639 --> 00:05:19,199
The miller was at a loss.

54
00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:21,520
He shouted: "No grain!

55
00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:23,519
We haven't even got
anything left for ourselves!"

56
00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,720
"Cheep-cheep-cheep!"

57
00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,120
"Cheep-cheep!"

58
00:06:03,959 --> 00:06:07,639
"Cheep-cheep-cheep-cheep!"

59
00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,940
Then the miller decided to go
consult an experienced man,

60
00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:42,600
the blacksmith!

61
00:06:51,439 --> 00:06:53,990
The miller described his trouble

62
00:06:54,089 --> 00:06:55,879
and asked for his help.

63
00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:56,920
"Oh!"

64
00:07:43,319 --> 00:07:45,480
The smith couldn't really help.

65
00:07:45,639 --> 00:07:47,240
"Go to the cooper," he said,

66
00:07:47,399 --> 00:07:49,599
"Maybe he will figure something out?"

67
00:08:04,399 --> 00:08:07,239
The miller told the cooper
of his trouble

68
00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:09,279
and asked for his help.

69
00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:10,400
"Oh!"

70
00:08:25,759 --> 00:08:28,240
The miller didn't like this solution.

71
00:08:28,439 --> 00:08:31,759
He could neither embrace
nor kiss his wife!

72
00:08:35,620 --> 00:08:37,320
Then the cooper advised him

73
00:08:37,469 --> 00:08:41,039
to go to the very outskirts
of the village, to the Gypsy woman.

74
00:08:41,140 --> 00:08:43,799
Maybe she would figure out
the cause of the trouble

75
00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,399
and what to do about it.

76
00:09:05,799 --> 00:09:09,000
"Things look bad," said the Gypsy.

77
00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:13,720
"Your wife stole a spotted hen
from an old lady.

78
00:09:13,919 --> 00:09:18,919
Only one thing can save your wife
and you as well!

79
00:09:21,799 --> 00:09:25,079
If you do a kind deed for your neighbor

80
00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,800
and she tells you the magic words:

81
00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,879
...Thank you!"

82
00:09:49,919 --> 00:09:50,559
"Oh!"

83
00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:11,320
The old woman asked the
blacksmith and the cooper

84
00:10:11,419 --> 00:10:13,639
how she could repay their kindness.

85
00:10:13,799 --> 00:10:15,959
"No need," they said.

86
00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:21,039
"Well, thank you, kind people!"

87
00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,840
"If you do a kind deed
for your neighbor

88
00:10:37,039 --> 00:10:40,199
and she tells you the magic words..."

89
00:10:47,759 --> 00:10:49,600
The miller confessed

90
00:10:49,799 --> 00:10:51,799
that his wife had stolen the hen.

91
00:10:52,039 --> 00:10:53,309
He asked for forgiveness

92
00:10:53,409 --> 00:10:57,279
and promised not to
trouble her any more.

93
00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,240
"Well," the old woman said, "it's good

94
00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:02,760
of you to returned my beloved Petrushka.

95
00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:04,560
May God be your judge!"

96
00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,730
"Here, neighbor, have
this rooster as a gift,

97
00:11:10,829 --> 00:11:14,439
and if you need grain,
you're always welcome."

98
00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:16,360
The old lady rejoiced:

99
00:11:16,519 --> 00:11:18,840
"Now I will have chicks, too!

100
00:11:19,039 --> 00:11:22,559
Thank you, dear neighbor,
THANK YOU!"

101
00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,080
Since then the miller's wife never
took something that wasn't hers.

102
00:12:07,759 --> 00:12:11,960
And the miller never
treated his neighbor badly.

103
00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:21,440
A-ahhh!!!

104
00:12:28,820 --> 00:12:32,800
screenplay, director Milana Fedoseyeva
art director Igor Mednik
artistic supervisor Mihail Aldashin

105
00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:36,670
composer L. Zemlinskiy, sound V. Tarasov
narrator Lev Durov, voice-actors
Eduard Nazarov, Milana Fedoseyeva

106
00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,560
animators Dmitriy Andreyev, Pavel Barkov,
Yevgeniy Dudin, Aleksey Naumenkov,
Milana Fedoseyeva, Leon Estrin

107
00:12:40,720 --> 00:12:44,700
special effects Yevgeniy Dudin,
Aleksey Naumenkov, production director
Igor Gelashvili, producer I. Kaplichnaya

108
00:12:44,800 --> 00:12:47,990
Intro: director Sergey Merinov,
art director Eduard Belyayev,

109
00:12:48,091 --> 00:12:49,791
artists Yu. Dashchinskaya, G. Golubeva
animators N. Sokolova, S. Biryukov

110
00:12:49,892 --> 00:12:50,992
camera/montage A. Puchnin, Yu. Melyohina

111
00:12:51,093 --> 00:12:52,693
artistic council of project
Eduard Nazarov, Aleksandr Tatarskiy,
Mihail Aldashin, Vladimir Telegen,
G. Zakolodyazhnyy

112
00:12:52,790 --> 00:12:54,520
project supervisor Aleksandr Tatarskiy
executive producer Igor Gelashvili

113
00:12:54,621 --> 00:12:56,521
Filmed with financial support of the
Federal Agency for Culture
and Cinematography

114
00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:05,320
The End

115
00:13:06,660 --> 00:13:10,240
Subs by Niffiwan (Jan 2024), partly
using Eus's subs (May 2014) and those
from the official channel (July 2014)