Father Frost (Морозко)

M. Gorky Central Film Studio for Youth and Children

JACK FROST

Script Writers M. VOLPIN, N. ERDMAN

Directed by Alexander ROW

Director of Photography D. SURENSKY

Production Designer A. KLOPOTOVSKY

Music by N. BUDASHKIN Sound by A. DIKAN

Cast:

Jack Frost - Alexander KHVYLYA

Nastenka - N. SEDYKH Ivan - E. IZOTOV

Marfoushka - I. CHURIKOVA

Old Man - P. PAVLENKO Old Woman - V. ALTAISKAYA

Baba Yaga - G.MILLYAR Grandfather Mushroom - G.BORISOVA

Bandit Chieftain - A. KUBATSKY

Once there lived an old man with his old woman.

They had two daughters:

Nastenka, the old man's girl, Marfoushka, the old woman's.

Come on, move, old man!

Marfoushka is pested by mosquitoes, she can't sleep.

- What are you doing? - Knitting stockings for Marfoushka.

You told me to.

I told you to knit, not to click your needles!

- You'll wake Marfoushka up. - Can she hear through the wall?

You cannot hear it after working hard all day.

And she dozed all day,

any stir may wake her up now.

You knit here, then you will not wake her.

Here the moon is bright,

the place is cool and right.

The stocking should be ready by the first roosters' crows,

or I will tear your braids right off!

Sit, Tiapa!

Have pity on me, dear Rooster, I've got just one row to knit.

You ought to ask Dawn.

Have pity on me, rosy Dawn!

Have mercy, golden Sun!

My knitting must be finished, or I'll be punished.

Stepmother'll tear my braids off.

Thank you, rosy Dawn!

Rooster, the golden comb,

thank you, dear bird!

I'm done!

Well, is it ready?

You've done it, you witch, you wicked little viper!

Next time I'll give you much harder work.

Go feed the chicken, water the cattle,

split the wood, sweep the yard.

The same morning, the same day,

but a different place, and a different village.

- Sonny! - What is it now?

Take care of yourself.

- Don't forget your mother. - All right.

Do not hurt the weak

Honor those who are old.

Oh, you dear boy, Ivan, Come to meet me at the gate!

I got a brand-new sarafan, all of silk and lace it's made!

Vania, Vania, wait a bit, where have you been to?

Don't pass by, we must meet. Look into my window!

Please, Ivan, don't leave forever, On the porch we'll sit together.

Of an apple take a bite. We'll be talking side by side.

Hey, you people, step aside,

Make the road real wide.

Me, a handsome, jolly lad,

Strolling in the village.

Hey-liuli, hey-liuli, Let the road be smooth and free.

Ain't I great?

I'm just delight.

Nothing's wrong with me,

I'm just right.

Hey-liuli, hey-liuli, Let the road be smooth and free.

I can walk all over seas,

Moving mountains over.

I will find a girl of my dreams,

Fair and sweet as clover.

Hey-liuli, hey-liuli, Let the road be smooth and free.

We'll rob'em, we won't rob'em, we'll eat'em, we won't eat'em.

We'll beat'em, we will be beaten...

Hold it!

We're going to rob you.

- Me? - You.

Go ahead, rob me.

Why don't the clubs fall down?

Just wait. They'll fall down by next winter.

He's got muscle!

Whether Ivan wandered over for a long time, or not,

that we don't know.

But he found himself in a far-away, strange land.

Ivanushka!

Who's playing hide-and-seek?

- I do. - Who? You?

Are you a sorcerer, granddad?

I dabble a bit at sorcery. But I get bored.

Bored?

Let's play who is faster!

With you? You must be kidding. I'll catch you in no time.

If you catch me, I'll give you a bow with arrows.

Agreed.

Ivanushka!

Ivanushka!

You can't catch me!

- Can you? - All right, you win.

Since you admit it, I'll give you what I promised.

Well, this is a miracle!

Where would we be without miracles?

So, you are a sorcerer!

Ivan!

- Come back! - Why?

- You forgot the important thing. - What is it?

You forgot to thank an old man,

and bow your head before him.

If I bow before everybody, I'll lose my head.

Let a bear bow to you.

Well, let it be like you wish.

The bear will bow to me,

but it's your back that will bend.

Find a feather in the field and throw it to the wind.

If you follow that feather, you will find your destiny.

You will find your destiny...

You keep cooing, my dear cuckoo.

A long life you promise me, silly one.

But you don't know how hard it is

For an orphan to have no mother.

As a birch can't grow without sun,

So a girl can't live all alone.

So why d'you coo, my dear cuckoo?

A long life you promise me, silly one?

How do you do, fair maid?

How do you do, lovely girl!

Don't be afraid of me. Look at me, my darling.

- Am I not nice? - I've got no time.

- What are you doing? - Watering this old stump.

How long will you water it?

Until flowers bloom on it.

- Flowers? - My stepmother told me to.

- She must be very wicked. - No, she's just a stepmother.

- What's your name? - My name is Nastya.

But they call me different names:

My father calls me Nastenka.

My sister calls me Nastka.

My stepmother calls me a witch and a wicked viper.

Nastenka...

- Will you marry me? - You're too quick!

Why not? I'm not crippled, nor cross-eyed.

Right, but we don't make a good couple.

- Why? - I'm not a braggart.

You think I'm bragging? I can do anything!

With a plough I'm a pro, in a fight I'm a knight.

I'm a dancer, I'm a worker, I'm a hunter, I'm a stalker.

- I'll fell it with one arrow. - No, it's got cubs!

Big deal!

Tiapa! Tiapa!

What's the matter, Nastya?

She's alive!

What have you done to me, the witch?

Ivanushka! I haven't done anything to you!

Damn you!

Wicked viper!

I killed you with an arrow, and you ruined me with a feather.

If you hadn't acted like a bear, you wouldn't look like a bear.

Oh, Ivan, the bear head!

Forgive me, Granddad Mushroom.

It is just the way you said:

The bear bows to me, but it's your back that bends.

You taught me a good lesson.

Please, tell me what I should do to be a man again?

All right, the bear head.

Look at the way you lived.

You just boasted and admired yourself.

Loved yourself and hurt others.

- Nastenka, for one. - Nastenka?

Nobody saw any good from you.

That's my answer and my advice.

To take it you have to be wise.

What's so wise about it? I'll go and do a good deed.

And through a good deed I'll get my former self, indeed.

You haven't understood anything.

What good deed can I do for you?

Wait, you fools!

Don't run away!

I want to do good for you!

Wait!

A bear!

A werewolf!

Hello, dear flowers on the dry stump.

I come here every day,

I charm you in every little way.

Am I bothering you?

No, I am not.

Tell me, flowers, is Ivanushka still alive?

He is.

Is he still angry with me?

No, he is not.

Shall we ever meet again?

Have mercy, brothers and sisters.

Give alms for my subsistence.

Whatever you can,

For an orphan who is hungry and wan.

- How much is in your cup? - Not a half copeck.

If that's so, here's a copeck.

It seems a copeck is not enough for a good deed.