1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,140 Soyuzmultfilm 2 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,748 Division of Drawn Films 3 00:00:18,491 --> 00:00:20,834 Far, far away in Africa, 4 00:00:21,485 --> 00:00:25,291 where the equator encloses our planet like a belt, 5 00:00:26,125 --> 00:00:29,542 live tribes that created an art form 6 00:00:29,862 --> 00:00:33,760 known to the world as the Poto-poto school. 7 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,382 Poto-poto paintings have shown us the story 8 00:00:39,805 --> 00:00:43,040 that we now wish to tell. 9 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:53,131 The Law of the Tribe 10 00:01:38,685 --> 00:01:43,080 A mask! A sorcerer's face! The keeper of the village. 11 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,940 Hellfire lurks in your gaze. 12 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:52,480 You are the embodiment of deception, confusion, and chaos. 13 00:04:31,942 --> 00:04:36,560 The booming rumblings of a tom-tom announce 14 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:41,497 the ancient rite of the initiation of a hunter. 15 00:05:04,125 --> 00:05:07,070 The rhythmic beat of drums 16 00:05:07,070 --> 00:05:09,954 heralds the wisdom of ancient laws. 17 00:05:10,331 --> 00:05:16,605 Trials to test young men's bravery, agility, and strength. 18 00:05:43,062 --> 00:05:45,980 Nature has endowed you with strength, 19 00:05:45,980 --> 00:05:50,297 but bravery belongs only to him who will fight the strongest. 20 00:05:52,754 --> 00:05:58,582 Having killed the beast, lay it at your bride's feet. There is a feat. 21 00:08:04,102 --> 00:08:07,428 Tomorrow we are to be adults. 22 00:08:07,897 --> 00:08:10,270 Trust me, don't be silent. 23 00:08:10,274 --> 00:08:14,400 Not fearing danger, we will change fate. 24 00:08:14,765 --> 00:08:19,290 Yes. Yes, yes - we shall be together! 25 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:25,450 I've been waiting. The time will come. Forget yesterday. 26 00:08:25,450 --> 00:08:32,868 Give me life. Here it is. Take it. 27 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:46,011 Poems of African poets were used in the film. 28 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:49,634 screenwriters D. Entina, Vladimir Pekar 29 00:08:49,668 --> 00:08:53,040 director Vladimir Pekar art director Tatyana Kolyusheva 30 00:08:53,211 --> 00:08:57,500 composer Eduard Artemyev camera Kabul Rasulov sound Boris Filchikov 31 00:08:57,500 --> 00:09:02,090 animators Galina Zebrova, Yuriy Batanin Aleksandr Dorogov, Dmitriy Kulikov, Yuriy Kuzyurin, Sergey Avramov 32 00:09:02,090 --> 00:09:05,405 script editor Pyotr Frolov production director Lyubov Butyrina 33 00:09:05,828 --> 00:09:06,820 The End Soyuzmultfilm, 1982 34 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:07,920 Subtitles by Eus (2014), heavily revised by Niffiwan (2024)