1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,600 Soyuzmultfilm 2 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:07,900 Based on the book 'The Primordial Rus' by Valentin Ivanov. 3 00:00:07,900 --> 00:00:15,699 From ancient times we, Greeks, call these heros Rosses or Russes. 4 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,400 Their men are brave warriors. 5 00:00:19,399 --> 00:00:24,349 During raids not many slaves can be captured from these Slavs, 6 00:00:24,350 --> 00:00:28,650 because they choose freedom over death. 7 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:32,899 Zakharia Ritor. 5th century 8 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:35,600 Ratibor's Childhood 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:46,000 Director: Roman Davydov 1973 10 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:27,000 Sleep my baby, Ratibor, sleep well. 11 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:36,900 Lakes, like earth's eyes, are also sleeping. 12 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:39,500 Sleeping well. 13 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:51,000 Our river Ros, like the lakes, is also sleeping. 14 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,700 Sleeping well. 15 00:01:54,099 --> 00:02:00,000 River Ros is sleeping so well. 16 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:11,500 Sleep, my little stream, little Ratibor. 17 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:23,000 The forests are sleeping, and they protect our towns like walls. 18 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:30,700 Good. 19 00:02:31,900 --> 00:02:38,500 Aleyushka, it's for you. Mstislavushka is ill and needs help. 20 00:04:24,500 --> 00:04:32,199 Dawn, you're two sisters. One in the morning and one in the evening. 21 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:46,000 Cure little Mstislav from the bad illness. 22 00:04:47,399 --> 00:04:51,000 Give him dreams. 23 00:04:52,800 --> 00:05:01,000 You, birth givers, our grandmothers - Svarog's grandchildren. 24 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:05,600 Observe that all comes true. 25 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:16,300 I know, my word is tough. 26 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,000 Tough, tough... 27 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,000 Grow big Ratibor. 28 00:05:33,500 --> 00:05:37,500 Ratibor, walk cheerfully. 29 00:05:37,899 --> 00:05:39,500 Grow up fast. 30 00:05:40,500 --> 00:05:45,500 It's too early for him. He's already big. Right, Ratibor!? 31 00:05:53,300 --> 00:05:55,199 Here's a horse for you. 32 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,600 Take the knife. Cut off the residue. 33 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,950 What's that? 34 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:06,000 The leg-sword we call a knife. 35 00:06:06,899 --> 00:06:10,299 Yes, you can hide it in the boot. 36 00:06:12,399 --> 00:06:20,000 That's good Ratibor. Now you know what pain is. 37 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,500 You won't cause it to others for no reason. 38 00:06:29,199 --> 00:06:31,000 These are our forests. 39 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:34,800 Alive, like you and me. 40 00:06:35,899 --> 00:06:41,000 The juice is going from the roots to the highest branch. 41 00:06:42,399 --> 00:06:43,500 What's that? 42 00:06:43,500 --> 00:06:46,350 That's the taste of your forest, Ratibor. 43 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:51,399 What's that? 44 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,199 That's the spirit of the forest. It's like that every spring. 45 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,000 And if you had missed? 46 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,600 No, Ratibor. I couldn't have missed it. 47 00:07:27,399 --> 00:07:29,000 Keep the left hand firm. 48 00:07:30,199 --> 00:07:31,500 Support it on the bone. 49 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:34,199 Bend the wrist straight. 50 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,199 That's good. 51 00:07:38,300 --> 00:07:39,199 Shoot more. 52 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:42,199 You'll gather the arrows later. 53 00:07:47,199 --> 00:07:49,199 You hear that, Ratibor? 54 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:55,800 That's the lark. 55 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,699 It arrives first. 56 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,600 Where and how it lives? 57 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,899 You mustn't hurt it. 58 00:08:06,100 --> 00:08:08,900 We're calling it the 'soul of song'. 59 00:08:41,299 --> 00:08:44,399 Eh you, scared all the fish. 60 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,500 Who is that? 61 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:04,300 That's Mstislav, the one who was ill in autumn. 62 00:09:05,700 --> 00:09:08,800 His grandfather was fighting last summer. 63 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:12,300 He killed 5 nomads. 64 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:19,600 And the sixth killed him. 65 00:09:20,799 --> 00:09:26,599 Death is not scary, Ratibor. But a life in slavery is. 66 00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:32,700 - We dallied away time. - Let's go quick. 67 00:09:46,180 --> 00:09:48,680 Sun God. 68 00:09:48,980 --> 00:09:52,379 God of light and fertility. 69 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:55,979 Great Khors. 70 00:09:56,980 --> 00:10:00,980 Your grandchildren have come to you. 71 00:10:02,180 --> 00:10:05,980 Give them your warmth. 72 00:10:07,179 --> 00:10:10,279 Send warm rain to them. 73 00:10:11,179 --> 00:10:13,979 So that children of your children... 74 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:20,480 could live for peacefull labour. 75 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:38,480 Belyai is about to die on the field. 76 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,130 Everbody wants to die while doing holy things. 77 00:11:43,179 --> 00:11:44,179 Go. 78 00:11:48,980 --> 00:11:52,880 It's hard for the elders. They barely stand on their legs. 79 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:57,679 Strentgh is in the cleanliness. Who can equal him? Nobody. 80 00:12:08,780 --> 00:12:10,780 And if the Khazars come? 81 00:12:11,980 --> 00:12:13,679 Who will harvest? 82 00:12:14,980 --> 00:12:17,380 Wheter they'll come or not, 83 00:12:19,380 --> 00:12:21,579 but you plough and sow. 84 00:12:22,179 --> 00:12:24,379 You have to believe in the better 85 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,680 and expect the life to go on. 86 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:04,480 Run Mstislav, run to our troops. 87 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,780 Tell the commander about our disaster. 88 00:13:16,179 --> 00:13:18,179 Mstisha! 89 00:14:13,079 --> 00:14:16,279 To the forest. Hide there. 90 00:14:19,979 --> 00:14:21,779 We did it. 91 00:14:23,979 --> 00:14:25,979 Good. Good. 92 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:28,829 Good work. 93 00:14:46,979 --> 00:14:52,979 Living for the life - A Rossich always chooses freedom! 94 00:14:54,579 --> 00:14:56,479 There is no death, Ratibor! 95 00:15:10,779 --> 00:15:13,079 Our ancestors. 96 00:15:14,279 --> 00:15:16,479 Grandmothers - birth givers. 97 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,180 Svarog, Dazhdbog. 98 00:15:21,479 --> 00:15:24,779 Defend and protect. 99 00:15:24,779 --> 00:15:30,679 We all will be in the sky, everybody in due time. 100 00:15:43,479 --> 00:15:47,979 Now, Svarog - save your grandchildren! 101 00:17:18,180 --> 00:17:23,480 Living for the life - A Rossich always chooses freedom! 102 00:17:23,979 --> 00:17:25,979 There is no death, Ratibor! 103 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:31,180 People from towns near and far are coming on their own. 104 00:18:31,379 --> 00:18:38,479 So that at the funeral they can recall their unity again. 105 00:18:39,180 --> 00:18:43,180 The affection of our relations on earth 106 00:18:44,180 --> 00:18:46,280 gives us the wish 107 00:18:46,780 --> 00:18:51,980 to go on living even after death. 108 00:18:52,879 --> 00:18:54,679 We'll meet. 109 00:18:55,979 --> 00:18:58,979 We'll meet.