Old Man Khottabych (Старик Хоттабыч)

Leningrad's Order of Lenin "LENFILM" Studio

OLD KHOTTABYCH

Based on the story by L. LAGIN

Written by L. LAGIN

Directed by G. KAZANSKY

Director of Photography M. SHURUKOV

Production Designers I. KAPLAN, B. MANEVICH

Music by Nadezhda SIMONYAN Sound by G. ELBERT

Cast: Khottabych - N. VOLKOV

Volka - Alyosha LITVINOV Zhenya - Genya KHUDYAKOV

Gogha - Lyova KOVALCHUK

Varvara Stepanovna - O. CHERKASSOVA

Volka's Mother - M. BLINOVA Mukhammedov - Ye. KOPELYAN

Doctor - A. LARIKOV Gogha's Mother - V. ROMANOVA

- Volka! I'm going! - Wait for me!

Come on, Volka!

Catch up with me!

Just one more time, Zhenya!

Zhenya! Look what I've found! Zhenya!

It's heavy. What if there's a treasure in it?

Some old jewels of tremendous scientific importance?

Their eyes will pop out at the History Museum when I bring them there.

I thank you, O wise and handsome youth!

Are you... from the amateur talent group?

I'm from this thrice accursed vessel.

Doesn't look like it.

The jug was small, and you're big, comparatively.

You don't believe me, wretch?

O forgive me, my young saviour.

I'm not accustomed to having my word doubted.

By the command of Jirdis, king of the jinn,

I was immured in that vessel

for being a disobedient and stubborn genie.

Gin... isn't that an American drink of some sort?

Not a drink am I, O inquiring youth,

but a powerful and fearless magician,

Hassan Abdurrahman ibn Khottab, that is the son of Khottab.

My shorts are not torn! A miracle!

I don't consider such a trifle a miracle, that's just a child's play.

Pardon me, but I don't have the honor of knowing your name.

My name is Volka.

Volka? And the name of your honored father?

Tell me the tenderest of his names,

for the man who gave to the world such a noble offspring

is indeed worthy of love.

His name is Alexei. And the tenderest is Alyosha.

Alyosha...

Know, then, O esteemed Volka ibn Alyosha,

that from now on I will obey your every command,

for you have released me from an imprisonment of a thousand years.

And my gratitude knows no limit.

So you are a genie?

From Arabian Nights? Wow! It's great!

I'm in a fix! I'm going to be late for my exam!

You won't be late for your exam, O the most illustrious of all Volkas,

and your knowledge will astound your teachers and your schoolmates.

I'm afraid it won't.

Honestly, I'll be lucky if I pass geography.

No genie knows more about geography

than your loyal servant.

I'll tell you the answers to all the questions.

Just let your teachers

not give you the highest praise!

Why, I'll turn them into scabby jackals,

into ugly, disgusting toads.

But, no, it won't come to that,

for they will surely be impressed by your answers.

Thank you, but we Young Pioneers are against cheating.

We fight it in an organized manner.

Orga... organized...

But I assure you, no one will hear me.

Hah! Varvara Stepanovna never misses a thing.

If I say no one will hear, then no one will hear!

What I say to you

will go straight from my respectful lips to your highly respected ears.

You won't even stop to think.

Your lips will open by themselves.

All right then!

But you'll have to change your clothes. Our fashions are a bit different here.

Dress up like my grandfather.

Wow!

But your shoes?

Corns, O most solicitous one!

There's no better footwear for an old man with corns two thousand years old.

Well, what can you tell us about India, Kostylkov?

The republic of India is one of the great states of Asia.

It is located on the Hindustan peninsula.

India is located almost on the earth's edge.

India is located almost on the earth's edge.

Edge?

Edge!

On the North and the West India is bounded by a country

inhabited by bald people.

On the North and the West India is bounded by a country inhabited

by bald people.

What's the matter? Have you got a toothache?

Then keep your hands where they belong.

There goes your group, Sveta. All your marks down.

What are you so happy about, Pill?

Naturally, whenever someone's in trouble, that makes Pill happy.

Well, you're giving us the ancients' geographical views correctly.

But you know, of course, that the Earth is not flat, but round.

If the Earth were round...

If the Earth were round...

the water would flow off it

and people would die of thirst.

The water would flow off it and people would die of thirst.

Actually the Earth is shaped like a flat disk

and is washed on all sides by a great river called the ocean.

The Earth rests on six elephants, the elephants stand on a huge turtle.

That's what the world is like from the point of view of science.

Ancient science.

Not ancient science but the only correct science.

Not ancient science but the only correct science.

You are not quite well today.

You'd better come back on Monday.

What did you say, O esteemed one?

What did you say, O esteemed one?

Of course, he's ill.

Go home, Kostylkov. Come back on Monday.

May I leave the room for a minute, Varvara Stepanovna?

What did you mean by that nonsense?

You almost ruined the showing for the whole group. Are you sick?

No. I'll explain later.

If you're not sick, then you're a hoodlum, no less!

I'm not.

We'll have you up before the group council.

Quiet, Zhenya, quiet!

Why should I be quiet? It wasn't me who...

- You idiot! - Idiot yourself!

Zhenya! Zhenya...

Well, most illustrious of pupils,

did your answers astound your teachers and your schoolmates?

They did.

But it seemed to me that

that honored lady

was not satisfied with the breadth of your knowledge.

Whatever made you think that, Hassan Khottabych?

I'd as soon turn her into board

on which butchers cut up the carcasses of sheep

if I had not seen her pay you the highest tribute

by accompanying you to the door of the classroom.

- Peace be with her. - That's right.

Tell me, O Volka, who is that youth Zhenya

who spoke to you so insolently?

Oh, him! Wants to give me a dressing-down.

Please don't take offence, but I... er... me...

I understand. No one will see me in your dwelling.

Hey, looney!

Who was that old geezer?

Not geezer, but man. That's a friend of my father's from Tashkent.

And I will go now to your father

and tell him about your performance at the exam.

You'll have a long way to go. My father's out of town.

Then I'll go to your mother, I'm not too proud.

You're not proud. You're a rat!

It's a long time since you've had it from me, Pill, eh?

Hey, easy there. Can't you take a joke?

You're a real looney! "Bald people"!

Ouch! Ouch! Accursed youth!

- Is that you, Khottabych? - It is I, with your permission.

Where are you?

On the bookcase, with your permission.

What did you get up there for?

So that no one should step on my corn.

It still hurts. That base youth...

- Which youth? - The one you were talking to.

Oh, Pill.

That Pill stepped on my corn. Contemptible youth!

Liar, tell-tale. The whole class is sick of him.

I don't know what to do about him.

Leave it to me, O Volka!

Home already?

Too much swimming again!

Mom, let's eat. I'm as hungry as a wolf.

- Is dinner ready? - Of course it is. Come.

- Don't go anywhere, you hear? - I hear and I obey.

O, Gogha, called Pill,

I cast a small spell on you!

And Varvara Stepanovna says to him:

"What nonsense are you talking, fool?"

And he answers: "From the viewpoint of science."

What an idiot...

What an...

What's the matter with you?

Oh, mommy!

What is it, Gogha dear?

I wanted to say that Volka...

What's the matter, Gogha?

Hello?

Hello?

She's alright. He hasn't done anything to her yet.

Stupid!

Hello!

- Is that you, Kostylkov? - Yes, Varvara Stepanovna.

What's wrong with your voice?

Nothing. There's something wrong with our telephone.

- How are you feeling? - Fine!

Zhenya Bogorad hasn't come home. When did you see him last?

If you find out where he is, inform me or his parents at once.