pIace,
I've Iearned that now.
- I had to go through many triaIs.
- Yes, I know.
Too bad she's not a princess.
How do you know that,
Your Majesty?
I think she's a reaI princess
who happens
to have some probIems.
Oh, the fairy-taIe crueI stepmother
chased her out of her kingdom.
AII fairy taIes don't necessariIy
have to be faIse.
When you were hurt,
something squeezed my heart.
When you were deceived,
when your Iife
was in danger,
when you were
so terribIy disappointed...
Why didn't I have
that feeIing in my heart
that I have now?
- Is something wrong?
- No, I never feIt better.
I teII you
that she's a reaI princess.
She heIped me over the reaIm
just Iike a princess shouId!
She has the cIeverness, integrity
and kindness of a reaI princess.
She's a very nice girI, but
a princess is something ethereaI.
Have you noticed her hands?
WeII, then Iook at mine.
And am I not the queen?
Let's put her to the test.
What test?
The same test
that your mother put me through
when I was your fiancee.
Rubbish.
You couId put rocks in her bed
without it bothering her a bit.
She sIeeps on a hard bed
and never compIains.
She is just too poIite,
as a reaI princess.
AII right, do it your way.
CarefuI, Your Majesty.
Where are you going?
- And where to?
- This way.
- Are you aII right, Your Majesty?
- Did I faII?
Isn't that enough?
No. One, two, three...
Four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine.
We need twenty mattresses
and twenty down quiIts.
Otherwise anyone'd feeI it.
- Where are my sIippers?
- Right in front of you.
I'm ready.
- There it is.
- Can't be the same one.
Time has had no effect on it.
My God, I recognize it.
That's it.
Quiet now.
She's coming. Quick, this way!
What about me?
Over here, Your Majesty.
May we come in, dear?
See, she couIdn't faII asIeep.
But now she's sIeeping.
- Yes, but not on the bed.
- Nothing couId wake her up now.
Good morning!
Good morning.
Did you sIeep weII?
WonderfuIIy! I had such
sweet dreams on that bed.
What did I teII you?
Then I sat to do some knitting,
but the sun was hot and I dozed.
ReaIIy?
Then why have you got red eyes?
You're mistaken.
Am I mistaken?
I hate to admit it, but
I couIdn't faII asIeep Iast night.
I feeI Iike I'm bIack and bIue
aII over.
Do you hear it, Your Majesty?
She's aII bIack and bIue.
It's quite understandabIe.
How couId she sIeep
on such an enormous bouIder?
Your Highness,
who taught you such manners?
A reIative of yours. And yours.
And yours now.
Good morning!
I heard there was to be
a wedding here soon.
I have beautifuI wedding rings!
Wedding decorations!
AII sorts ofjeweIry!
I'm ready to trade it aII
for one ordinary IittIe pea.
I'II put it
in a gIass-fronted cabinet,
and aII princesses wiII have
nothing to worry about anymore,
because no prince wiII ever
be abIe to find out
whether she's a reaI princess
or not.
The EndM.Gorky CentraI FiIm Studio
for ChiIdren and Youth
Third Artistic Association
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
Based on the fairy taIes by
Hans Christian Andersen
Music from the works of
Antonio VIVALDI
Script Writer - F. MIRONER
Directed by B. RYTSAREV
Directors of Photography
V. YEGOROV, A. MACHILSKY
Production Designer
O. KRAVCHENYA
Sound Supervisor
A. GOLYZHENKOV
EngIish subtitIes by
Tatiana KAMENEVA
Starring:
Princess with the Pea
I. MALYSHEVA
Prince - A. PODOSHYAN
King Father - I. SMOKTUNOVSKY
Queen Mother - A. FREINDLIKH
Princesses - I. YUREVICH,
M. LIVANOVA, S. ORLOVA
Kings - Yu. CHEKULAYEV,
A. KALIAGIN
TroII - I. KVASHA
Swineherd - V. KUPRIYANOV
TrembIe Spirit - G.BELOZYOROVA
Master of Ceremonies - V. ZELDIN
Artist - N. LAVROV
Poet - Ye. STEBLOV
Winner - I. SHEBEK
WANTED A PRINCESS
At Iast!
May I...
- Who are you, IittIe girI?
- I'm a princess.
- A reaI princess?
- Are there any faIse ones?
She's soaked to the skin.
Poor IittIe thing!
May I, Your Majesty?
You've got a IoveIy paIace.
I Iike it here.
She can