puppets history

the new gulliver free after the book of jonathan swiftwritten by alexander ptushko & grigory roshal, text writer s. bolotin directed by alexander ptushko cameramen i. shkarenkov, nikolai renkov puppets and decor sarra mokil, yu shvets artists a. zharenov, a. nikulin, sculptor a. tayozhnaya gulliver: v. konstantinov music leonid shvartssound ya. kharon, a. korobova. minin moskinokombinat (moscow cinema centre), 1935subs & add.translation by eus & chapaevwww.dailymotion.com/eus347

where seagulls wing,and waves are shaggy,that's where you find men. where oars need swinging -tell mel, adults,which lads will be there? to the boats, to the boats,plowing the waves with our paddle.persistent, we'll face storms,in our habor's sailing communewinds of salt, waves of greenaway, sleepy jellyfish at the bottom!a wave of foam, forward flying leninistsforward sea-scouts young scouts, today we celebratea small victory. out of broken boats cast ashoreby the waves we have built beautiful yachtwith our own hands.

the building crew themselves willsail to adalara island. we're going to award a bonusto the best of them right now. pioneers, follow the exampleof your front-rank comrades! keep your hands steady on studiesand friendly collective labour! hail to the sturdy workers of the 'artek'! comrades, let's begin awarding bonusesto best sea-scouts! comrade yudin, instructor of 'small group'. comrade konstantinov, the brigade'sbest shock worker, is awardedhis favorite book "gulliver's travels". boarding...

...begins! horn, trumpetwe are the children of the people, growing up in a world of work.blow loud the tuba! under the sun of freedom we sailgori's pioneering star! lead aheaddown precipices and up steep slopes behind them the edge,blazing valleys. victory be ours!long live the mighty workers all over the world unite!horn, pipe! alll over the old countryis heard our cry: "forward!"

blow loud the tuba!all over the oceanswaves our song ahead. guys, come here! careful! watch yourself! guys, we're arrived! we're goingto have breakfast here. boys, dig in! ...take apples and grapes... helmsman, catch! well, boys, what are we going to do?let's read "gulliver"! boys, there is a propositionto read "gulliver" aloud.

come here, there will be areading of "gulliver"! boys, keep quiet. my father owned a small estate in nottinghamshire.i was the third of his sons. in my youth i studied medicine, after thati sailed for some years as a ship surgeon. one day i sailed on 'antelope'to south ocean. it was stormy weather, big waves washed over deckand a deafening wind blew in the sails. then i noticed a ship with black sails.it were pirates. their fast brig rammed into the 'antelope',the impact was so heavythat i fell overboard on the deck of thepirate-ship. a horrible crash was heard and the poor'antelope'went down with all its crew.

"by thousand devils!" the pirates shouted"all sorts of old boats are slouching around!" meanwhile it stormed... boatswain! everybody to their places! get out, lazybones! to work! hey, the hyena, the masts, theformula-bom-topgallant-yard oh, you, mariners! who are you? i am doctor petya gulliver.seven berthing in your throat!

who prepares all for the navy: pasta, borshchand dumplings cereal, pancakes, juice,he calls the galley kitchen? don't hamper working! i will teach you a lesson, lazybones! hey, old jackal, don't dare to touchthat kid!i'll teach you... take that! bastard! doctor gulliver, i'm vanya.let's shake hands! hands up, bandits! or you will havea bomb for breakfast. thrown down your weapons! sos! sos!

save my suitcase, my homework russianis in it! doctor, doctor, help... where do you...wait! to his highness, chief of the police.report. waves have washed ashore a living mountainshaped like a man.the monster is seized and is being guarded. rummage is being conducted. waiting for yourorders.agents ear and nose. drink... hallo! hallo!a discovery previously unheard of!a living mountain is discovered! quiet, quiet!the car of the police chief.

well? we rummaged him. here are some itemsfound on him. it seems he wants to drink. extra issue of the 'lilliput courier'!a living mountain has been found!it breathes! it wants to drink! balderdash. the 'courier' is lying. that is the new gulliver. disperse the crowd.very good. bring the items to the parliament. narcotize... - drink... - gulliver!

let's see...somnifacient. wait, don't intrude. astonishing! just have a look at this! professor, what do you think this is?look, here, at the end? professor, we're waiting. that's... ...poison! his highness is thinking. hello, eagles.

heil, your majesty! what's that?proclamations. proclamations?gulliver is moving. what to do? gulliver is a huge labour-force.but what if he will act onthe side of workers? then i'll take the necessary measures. gentlemen, i ask your attention!protocol # 1234567890 extraordinary meeting of the parliament oflilliputia subject: about free movementof the "new gulliver" in lilliputia debate (military counsellors)kill immediately[partly intelligible discussion in background] (foodstuffs councellors) keep a watchful eyeon him, but feed him(food provided by holding company "ohhowtasty")

agreed on:opinons differ. kill! kill! kill! immediately!bombs! soldiers! dynamite! machine guns!very cheap! no, let's start trading in! gullivers needs food,wine, cloath... kill him! kill him! quiet! the king speaks! i, the great king of lilliputs, my fellow men,i live in constant care about yourwell-being...get gulliver back to where he came from! stop interrupting the king! ...live cheating the nation,cheating the nation, cheating the nation...

the king has decided.gulliver will become our soldier. attention! get ready! three, four! long live the wise king! gulliver is being conveyed! wake up gulliver! wake him up! fire! his highness, the king!

your higness, be a hero! what a sneeze! little men... alive! how small! yes, we are placable, but if you willcontinue to shout so loudthe king will become angry. how scary! quiet, you! piano pianissimo!our drum membranes are bursting! ok then. sorry. i won't do that anymore.

your highness, pardon him. he's apologising andhe won't do that anymore. where am i? who you are? the king will speak now! we are great, we are mighty,bigger than the sun, higher than the clouds but don't be afraid of our talking,we're a very placable folk. placable folk? i don't see any folk, only soldiers.soldiers? soldiers for making the nature beautiful.soldiers for making the folk scared. oh, is that so! perhaps, you want meto scare people too! yes, yes,and we accept you as our soldier, too.

yes, yes, as a soldier.what? me? as a royal soldier?no way! pipes.what "pipes"? he agrees. he wants to hear an orchestra.let's blow pipes for him! comrades! i pronounce this meeting ofthe workers of the underground factory open! regardless of everything, we begin a revolttomorrow! but what if the man-mountain will befighting for them?then he will fall together with them. right! we will bring down any mountain.

comrades, in the box is a notebook ofman-mountain.wonderful. let's read itand discover what he is like. exercise-book in russian language ofpetya konstantinov hail to the wise union of workers all aroundthe world! an unseen show! feeding of the man-mountain!conveyor of food! 1000 cows, 1000 sturgeons,1000 cooks! the whole royal court participates in theevent. a splendid concert! the king'sfavourite fo-lya conducts the programme. balloons! balloons!they will fly onto the mountain! backup drum membranes!natural ??? see for yourself disbelievers!here is gulliver! five at a time!

yeah, that's an appetite! just look at his mouth!folk? where's folk? don't let folk! don't worry, i've taken the necessarymeasures. i find him very suspicious... let's try to sidetrack his attention. and then?then attract his attention. i announce a private concert in honourof our high guest! th royal corps de ballet! do something to amuse him!in a moment!

royal dwarfs - microputs. are there dwarfs at your place? amazing! let me see them closer! why do you beat them! so that they will work better.do you beat everybody who works for you? don't talk nonsense! we don't...lay our hands on anybody. i want to know how your folk is living. folk?

please, please...a song about how we'reliving. under the king's wise guidance the earth isin bloom,fields are in bloom and we are singing our folk is content with life,it always sings and doesn't expect tears. ...we have no worries, we have no worries. she's lying! lying?perhaps, you can sing more about the truth? let's give it a try. the horn is blowing, we're the youthof the nation,we're growing up in world of labour. blow, horn, under the sun of freedom!the pioneers' star is burning.

the horn is blowing. fly to distant lands,on our call! blow, horn, over all oceansflies a wave of our songs. the horn is blowing.we will change the land. blow, horn, so that in future worldslive free and happy man. workers all around the world, rise up! i haven't received such note yet. i said: kill him immediately. let's do so. such petty souls! prepare weapons and ammunition to useagainst gulliver immediately!i hear that, mister chief of the police!

these weapons are to be used againsgulliver...let's warn him. let's warn gulliver.let's warn him. guys, leave me in peace! come on, guys! was it you who woke me up?quieter, petya! spies are around!they can hear us. how do you know me? from your exercise-book.oh, russian. that language is our mother tongue, too.i'm from the workers of underground factory. finally! greetings!

petya, beware! they want to kill you. everything is going well. ammunition willbe prepared.excellent. what? 100? - little. - 200? - little. - 300? -little. 400? so remeber, be prepared tomorrow. always ready! come here at once! gulliver knows everything.the workers warned gulliver. ...bastards!here, to me! - i hear.

catastrophe!what will we do now? poison gulliver!and workers? - workers... ...with machine guns. abandon the work! riot at the arm factory!workers are occupying the arsenal! police doesn't have the power to prevent it. my greetings!we're celebrating the king's birthday. let's drink on the health of his highness.pioneer...gulliver doesn't smoke and drink. but we have such tradition!well, if tradition...

he drank it! it seems he's done. we've finished off the main man.now - the rebels. secret. to the commander of the southernsquad.set bombs all along the battlefront.retreat to the sea thus luring the enemy into the minefield.blow up the bombs at my command.general commander povstaniev. victory! victory! tanks have driventhe rebels to the sea. royal fleet is ready to use force. blow up the bombs! it's all over. we're defeated.

god, save the throne. god, save the labour. i declare open the meetingof free lilliputs! well? you're awake, traveller? guys, how big you are! what a big life!