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Creative Association "Ekran"
1985

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THE BLUE ARROW
Based on a tale by Gianni Rodari

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What a beauty!

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There... This is for Gianni.

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Ah! And this is for Marcello.

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And this? Oh.

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Who ordered this doll?

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Ah! Right. This was for Angela!

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That boy is here again.

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Signora Fairy!

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Quickly, shut the door!

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Signora Fairy...

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Well now, what do you want?

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You came again to beg for the Blue Arrow?!

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Signora! I really love this blue train

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As I recall, your name is Francesco?

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Yes, signora?

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You're not on the list!

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- But Sig...
- And anyway, I'm busy right now!

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I do not have time to talk to you!

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I still have 1000 things to do!

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But Signora Fairy. I have
not ever received a gift from you!

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Well! I now got it wrong again...

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Will you please go away?!

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What's she saying to him?

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[Closed until tomorrow]

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Everyone wants to get
fancy gifts from the fairy.

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But nobody wants to pay...

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On credit only...

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As if I am no fairy,
but some kind of sausage maker...

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He has it in his head to get "The Blue
Arrow"! And that's the most expensive toy!

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Maybe he'd like all the passengers too?!

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You heard? You heard? She will not
give him a gift this year, either!

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- She has no heart!
- Poor, poor Francesco!

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I would like to be his gift!

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He could play with me!

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Boys like to play with soldiers!

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Francesco dreams of "The Blue Arrow"

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Let's ride to him on "The Blue Arrow"!

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Oh! I'd really love
to ride through the city!

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Yes! But we don't know where he lives!

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I can find us the way!
After all, I'm a dog!

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That's a riot!
Discipline should come first!

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If you don't want to go, you're welcome
to stay in this dusty shop window!

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To stay under the command
of that old Fairy?!

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No way! Let's go!

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We're going! Hurray!
We're going! Hurray!

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Signori, please take to your seats!

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The train will depart at midnight sharp!

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New Year!*
*(Christmas time in Russia)

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Sigh! A holiday for some,
but a busy day for me...

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I must deliver a thousand gifts
to children, and all in one night!

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Stolen!

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The Blue Arrow!

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What is all this?!

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Could Francesco have done this?!

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That no-good boy!

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Thieves! Robbers!

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Help! Help me!

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Stop!

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What's going on?!

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The enemy! The cavalry is moving on us!

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We could be discovered!

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Quiet! Be quiet! They might hear us!

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Just imagine!

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Stealing toys on New Year's eve!

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If I were as rich as a fairy-tale fairy,

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I would give away gifts to all free of charge!

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Worn out with age...

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Oh, how cheerful it is and beautiful!

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Yes-yes-yes!
Very festive!

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Allow me to invite you
to dance a waltz!

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We have to go!

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Orchestra? Waltz!

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Dance! Everybody dance!

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But we have to go to Francesco!

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Lat's stay here a little longer!

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The dog is right! We must hurry along!

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Hurry, signori!
The train is about to depart!

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Oh! Oh! He will drown!

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Save him! Save him!

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All right! I will help him!

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Hold on to me!

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I'm made of wood,
so we will not drown.

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Above us flies an enemy aircraft!

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Pull! Quicky! Quickly!

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Strange...

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I thought I saw "The Blue Arrow"

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But where did they disappear?

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As if the earth swallowed them up...

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I don't get it.

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We will have to stay here forever...

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Mice!

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No. It's not mice! It's me.

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It's just that I am afraid.

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Quiet! Quiet! They might hear us!

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- There is another way.
- The backdoor!

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What happened?

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The footprints...

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...are gone!

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What do you mean, "gone"?
Francesco couldn't have flown away!

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The snow made the tracks disappear!

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We came so far, and all for nothing!

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What should we do?

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The train cannot move
in such a snowstorm.

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We'll have to wait.

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I will not stay with you!

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I'll go look for Francesco on my own!

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What? In such a snowstorm
you won't find him!

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I'll search the whole town!

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All done!

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Now I can fly home!

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But this weather's no good for flying!

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Must be nice, flying under an umbrella!

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In our epoch of airplanes...

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Huh, just you mind your own business.

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- What did you say, signora...?
- I said...

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Let's go!

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Aha! The Blue Arrow!

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So there you are!

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We wanted to find Francesco!

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- But we didn't find him.
- He will surely come here, though!

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Well then, little fugitives,

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have it your way.

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We will arrange a party
for all the kids!

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Stay here!

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Oh, who do you belong to?

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What's your name?

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Oh, you!

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Let go of me!
I did nothing wrong!

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Let's go. Let's go!

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We'll sort it out!

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All day and night! Give me a break!

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Blimey!

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I caught the thief!

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Signora!
Signora, I did nothing wrong!

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"Thief"? What nonsense!

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Immediately release the boy!

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But, signora! Yesterday you said
he stole your toys!

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"Yesterday" was last year!

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But today is a new year!

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Please keep your jokes
to yourself, signora!

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Please release the boy, at once!

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Suit yourself, signora...

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Happy New Year!

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- A dog?!
- He is my friend, signora!

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I've seen him somewhere before...
He looks like...

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Oh, no, that one was smaller...

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Besides, that dog couldn't bark...

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Would you want to work for me?
- Of course!

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Just think, me working for a real fairy!

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I recall you wanted "The Blue Arrow"?

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Ah, signora, now I have a job.
I do not have time to play!

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Nevertheless, run to Central Square,
to the holiday tree.

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Tomorrow, we will put new toys
in the window.

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Sure!

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screenwriter
O. Shvedova

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directors
Iosif Doushka, Maya Buzinova

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art director Galina Beda
camera Igor Rogachevskiy

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composer Viktor Babushkin
sound Vitaliy Azarovskiy

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animators Maya Buzinova,
Alla Solovyova, Tatyana Molodova

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voices Tatyana Peltser (Fairy), Yuriy
Medvedev, Lyudmila Gnilova, Svetlana
Travkina, Tatyana Bozhok, S. Fedosov

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puppets made by Gennadiy Bogachyov,
Yelena Pokrovskaya, Yuriy Odintsov,

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A. Mulyukina, Victor Sletkov,
Boris Karavayev, Anatoliy Kuznetsov,

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Nadezhda Lyarskaya, Anatoliy Gnedinsky,
Valeriy Petrov

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montage S. Simuhina
script editor Alisa Feodoridi
production director Ye. Bobrovskaya

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The End

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(c) Creative association "Ekran"
USSR State Ratio, 1985

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Translation by Zhurka75, subs by Eus
(Aug 2019), revised by Niffiwan (Jan 2024)