Tajikfilm
The Goat Princess
Once upon a time,
above a small village hidden high in the mountains,
there appeared a blue bird.
The first to see the bird was the shepherd girl Malika -
"the goat princess", as they called her in the village.
Look, father!
A blue bird has flown to us!
The feather of this bird brings happiness, daughter.
Having heard this, the villagers hurried off to catch the bird.
Son, why don't you also try your fortune?
All right, I'll try.
Take your cap, goat princess.
Take it for yourself, if you like it.
Long did Gayur follow the blue bird
and climbed to a height
to which nobody had climbed before.
It was there that night found him.
Meanwhile, the blue bird
was preparing to nest.
The goat princess's cap, embroidered with bright patterns, seemed to catch her eye.
Gayur woke up,
and found a nest upon his head.
The people of the village below began to worry.
Gayur's mother tried to bring him water, but failed -
the jug broke.
Gayur's brother tried to bring him apples, but failed -
he dropped them on the way.
Night cast its magical blanket over the mountains.
In the morning, Gayur woke up,
and saw before him a flatbread with an unusual pattern
and a jug of water.
From that day on,
a flatbread and a jug of water appeared before him every morning.
The chicks hatched.
The villagers began to worry again.
The chicks left their nest.
The blue bird understood
that this had not been a cliff or a stone,
but a living person.
To reward
the patience and kindness of Gayur,
the birded gifted him her feather.
Well, son,
have you found your fortune?
What are you searching for, son?
The flatbread that saved me in the mountains.
The feather leapt out of Gayur's hands
and led him to the home of the shepherd girl Malika.
Gayur tried the flatbread,
and understood that it had been Malika who'd brought him food to the clifftop.
Be my wife, goat princess.
Now I can see that you have found your fortune, son!
Fly
and bring fortune to him that lacks it.
They say
that anyone who drinks from that waterfall will become happy.
Especially if they have as kind a soul
and as brave a heart as Gayur and Malika.
screenwriter Yu. Harlamov
director Munavar Mansurhojaev
art director V. Manin camera Rahim Makhmudov
composer Gennadiy Aleksandrov sound G. Ivashchenko
animators Dmitriy Kulikov, N. Gromyhalina, A. Kim, A. Yusupov
script editor M. Madzhidov production director A. Gurayev
Tajikfilm, 1984. Filmed on "Svema" film stock (Shostka Chemical Plant)
Subtitles - Niffiwan (2026.05) Animatsiya.net