Ivan Tsarevich & the Grey Wolf

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Ivan Tsarevich

And The Grey Wolf

One, two... Can you hear me?

Once upon a time in a faraway kingdom...

Aw, come on, what are we? Little kids?

Everyone knows

we will be talking about

a kingdom far far away.

What else can I say?

It was a powerful kingdom!

Enlightened and cultured,

and pardon the expression,

It had sights and attractions

to the brim.

Look!

Oops! Not there, sorry!

That's it.

Admire!

Cat! Cat!

No, keep looking at it.

Cat!

Threw the old man a tuna.

But it got stuck in the tree.

What do you want from me?

I am on break.

I'm slipping.

What is this? Can't get a chance to relax.

Tell them not to stomp.

There was, of course, a king, in the realm

of the faraway kingdom. Well, he was wise, just

and all that stuff. And the king had a key.

A secret key. And of course, there was

something locked by that key

and nobody knew what it was.

And then there was the king's favorite.

He served under the king.

Yes, yes!

But if you think I am a simple wolf, you are deeply mistaken.

Yes, I am a wolf, but...

First of all, I...

First, I am a face the king trusts.

Well, not really a face, just a muzzle.

Yes, the muzzle of the King, trusted.

Secondly...

And secondly, I am, what's it called?

The Grey Cardinal.

And thirdly...

And most importantly, I'm...

Hey, Grey!

Who are you talking to?

Come march in the kitchen.

Time for lunch!

And this is our first minister, in the

sense not ours, but the king's, of course.

Hey! Do you lock your door during the day?

I don't either.

Oh, such a dark soul!

Glad to see you, your Darkness.

- Soon there will be a full moon.

- I know, but...

The key! I need the key from you.

- Allright. But I...

- How will you get it?

- I...

- You can marry Vasilisa!

- Marry?

- Yes. Doesn't the king want you to marry her?

I thought so. But not really.

Then you nudge him.

Once married -- the kingdom for you,

for me the key. Got it?

Hi, my daughter!

Hi, Dad.

- Many different books you have!

- Yes, Daddy.

- Red and blue, even green books.

- Yes, Daddy.

Oh, you are so smart.

Even graduated from what'cha call it?

- Oxford.

- Oh! And what other...

Sorbonne.

Yeah, yeah, and still studying!

You'll soon be smarter than everyone else.

And no groom will tolerate that.

How then will you marry?

I'm not going to marry. I'll make a career.

Get a third graduate degree,

and open my own business.

Business! Your business is

to bear children.

There is...

lunch will be served soon.

"Oh, my beautiful Isolde" - said the Tristan.

- "I offer you my hand and heart."

Take it, you fool!

King-Father, please allow me to

talk to you confidentially.

- Speak.

- You know how much I respect you.

As a statesman,

as a politician of the world.

As a human, above all.

But you are getting older, my reliable sire.

What if there is a sudden external threat?

Who will continue your work?

Who will continue your initiatives and

who will finish them?

What do you want? To borrow money?

Of course...

Oh no!

I'm saying, we need a person to take that power from you.

To whom you can transfer the key.

Yes, the key...

Yeah.

You think I need a successor?

Well, you King-Father, you said it.

Your words take an inch and give a mile.

So a successor. Where

is one going to come from?

- God didn't bless me with a son.

- But you have a daughter.

If you somehow used her properly...

- What are you babbling about?

- For example, if you get her to...

What?

What if... to marry!

To marry!

Your head really works!

- And to whom?

- Well I do not know.

- To someone.

- What a thought!

To someone... We could

to my mind, do a sweep!

This, of course, is true.

Only that to someone - someone who?

I think that person should be

Not too young, not old.

Not very thin, and not fat either.

And it would be good if he

were on a government post.

Positions of responsibility!

So that, if something happens, he could lead!

Without delay.

Well, where do we find someone?

Well, how? If we look around?

Maybe, someone will be right nearby.

- There is nobody nearby besides you.

- Yes. Perhaps, so to speak...

Here, you see!

You do not know, and I do not know.

And anyway -- what threat?

There is no threat. And

I'm still quite capable.

So no worries. That's all.

Go, go.

- What happened?

- Talked to him about a successor.

Hinted, nudged, pressured...

- Score?

- No!

The old fool did not get it.

Said there is no threat.

Therefore, he says, he'll be in charge.

So he wants to continue to rule?

- Then we need to organize a threat.

- Yes. But how?

You frighten him.

This is a good idea.

And who would scare him?

Guess three times!

Frankly, it's restless in our kingdom.

But the kingdom through the mountains...

where the fence lines the road,

Peace and quiet!

Ivan lived there.

Although why "lived"?

- Still lives. Here he is, look.

- Who are you?

More than anything, Ivan

wanted to be a fireman!

Well, yes. First of all, it is stunning.

A copper helmet that shines in the sun.

Of course, in the firemen business He

liked most of all the word "Fognozzle".

Yes. Because it's one thing to put out a fire

from a hose, and another from a fognozzle.

Also Ivan loved to assign a

category of complexity to a fire.

I assign third category

to this fire.

No. The fifth.

Save me!

Romance!

You can save a girl in a fire.

Or a pet...

But there was no fire in the kingdom,

because no one plays

with matches or smokes in bed.

But there was a king--emperor

who liked to have parades

and have them three times a day.

Personally!

King-Emperor!

Why do you,

by God, act as a child?

- Go march and serve!

- I'd rather go extinguish fires.

- Who will serve?

- Who will extinguish?

- But who will serve?

- But who will extinguish?

And so it was every day. And the

king-emperor got really tired of this.

Then out of the kingdom!

I'm leaving.

And this is how Ivan got

into our Far Away Kingdom.

- You could say accidentally.

- Except I'm going in the morning.

Right, why go at night?

In the morning he will go there.

Who's there?

Let's face it:

The king had a bad night.

That's why Ivan did as promised

with the first cock hitting the road.

Perhaps it's for the better.

I have long wanted to see how

people live in other countries.

At least in the Kingdom of Far Far Away.

Wow, that's what the

world looks like.

I keep slipping.

For the fifth time today.

Young man, right or left?

- Meaning?

- Well, do you want a song, a story?

To see the future, or get your love back?

I can cast a spell, I can host

weddings, anniversaries...

- Thanks, no.

A souvenir matryoshki,

a hat, a time keeper?

You got a fognozzle?

Come back in a week.

Get me the first minister!

And get me the wolf!

Are you?

- Tell me!

- What is there to tell the king?

How's it going,

how you feel, how was your night!

It went okay.

Really? And in the morning you did not hear this

down the hall?

And then... creak!

No!

- What about you?

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