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Kuthk and the mice 1985 КУТХ И МЫШИ English & Dutch subtitled Russian Animation

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    Sverdlovsk Film Studio, 1985
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    Once, it was a long time ago ..
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    there lived a raven named Kutkh
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    He was a master of the sky
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    Kutkh and the mouse
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    Based on the Chukchi tales
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    He flew very long this raven Kutkh
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    He got tired. He had nowhere to sit
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    the raven began to think
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    One head is good, but two is even better!
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    He decided to create the Earth
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    Earth emerged from Kutkh
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    Ah-ha, when to rest?
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    Only in old age
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    Then Kutkh turned into an old man
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    Well, nothing. Kutkh had fallen asleep.
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    Many days passed
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    The sun rose and warmed the earth
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    Mice appeared. the footsteps of raven Kutkh
    had turned into mice
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    How happy were the mice! Earth was very large!
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    A lot of free space!
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    So great for mice to live there.
    It was all fun being alive!
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    Oh, but where the mouse climbed on top of?
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    Silly
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    They gathered to catch a cloud
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    Yeah ..
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    Poor hunting. They only fell down
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    However, they fell directly on Kutkh
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    Kutkh then sneezed deafeningly!
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    And the Earth was broken
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    There arose Big mountains around Kutkh
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    Wow, what a fantastic mountains!
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    Now the play would even be more fun!
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    Where did the mice go? Did they falll, or what?
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    Stop running away, mice!
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    Now I turn into the wind, and
    blow away all of them from Earth!
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    Kutkh got tired
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    "I Ought to rest",he said, however...
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    Everything had fallen from the sky,
    and all the mountains had toppled themselves...
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    All mixed up! Aye trouble!
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    Everything had to be put back
    in it's own place. But...
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    ...the things that were not in place,
    would fall back again!
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    Al last the earth was cleaned up again.
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    Oh, how good the wind was!
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    Our head is spinning,
    the sky flashed before our eyes!
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    Oh, those damned mice!?
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    I want to hear no more squeak!
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    Now I'll turn into snow,
    and I will smuther you!
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    The snow appeared on Earth
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    Mice again were happy with it
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    Oh, well! Now we have a lot of snow!
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    Now we're going to slide from the mountain!
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    and, yeah .. the mice created holes in Kutkh
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    Leaky Kutkh was now
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    Oh, damn mice!
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    Now, I turn into a fire! I'll burn all!
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    Kutkh's snow skin came alive!
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    and then began a great fight!
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    Snow and fire fought for a long time
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    The result was water. Aha!
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    But the mice were not afraid of the storm.
    They were quietly floating on an ice floe.
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    Yeah...
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    The calm water became a deluge
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    and the water took all the mice, however...
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    ...spring came to Earth
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    First, you were just playing,
    but now you've completely gone mad!
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    Oh, I'll start all over again!
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    Kutkh became a raven again
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    He looked around. Wow!
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    He removed everything that was not necessary
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    Where did these mice now come from?!!
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    directed by Oksana Cherkassova
    written by Irina Margolina
    cameraman Nikolai Gribkov
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    Musical arrangement:
    ensemble of soloists "Ergyron"
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    From our own footsteps we can not run away...
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    That's all
Title:
Kuthk and the mice 1985 КУТХ И МЫШИ English & Dutch subtitled Russian Animation
Description:

Debut of Oksana Cherkassova after a Chukchi myth. The first 15 years of her carreer her animations always have a lot of cultural antropological field material in them. Sverdlovsk animation studio and it's follow up A film studio work together a lot with the ural university department of ethnic/culturale studies
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Duration:
09:56

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