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