“The Magic Voice of Jelsomino” is a Soviet musical two-part feature television film shot on the basis of Gianni Rodari ’s short story “ Jelsomino in the Land of Liars ”.
| The magic voice of Jelsomino | |
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| The magic voice of Jelsomino | |
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| Genre | Adventure , fairy tale |
| Producer | Tamara Lisitsian |
| Author script | Tamara Lisitsian |
| In the main cast | Seryozha Krupenikov Lyusya Zhukova Vladimir Basov Valery Pogoreltsev Evgenia Khanaeva Lev Perfilov |
| Operator | Gennady Karyuk |
| Composer | Igor Efremov |
| Film company | |
| Duration | 127 minutes |
| A country |  the USSR |
| Tongue | |
| Year | 1977 |
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Story
Red-haired Gelsomino has an amazing voice that can break glass and shake off pears from tree branches, but only brings trouble to its owner: neighbors declare him to be a sorcerer or a saint. Then the hero leaves his village.
Wandering around the world, the young man finds himself in the Land of Liars, in which the sea robbers , once led by the “golden-haired” Ataman Jacomon, once seized power. Giacomon announced to the people that he had magic golden hair, and all the inhabitants of the country, obeying the order of the self-proclaimed king, began to speak the opposite: instead of “good morning” - “good night”, call bread ink, prison - boarding house, horses - cows; cats were forced to bark, dogs - meow; instead of real coins, only fake ones are in use. Even the artist is forced to lie in his work, drawing portraits of people with three noses, six eyes and the like (while the king himself and his close ones do not obey the new laws and can speak as they please).
Together with new friends (drawn and revived due to the effect of the voice of Jelsomino the Lame Cat, Aunt Cornusa, her niece Romoletta and artist Bananito), Jelsomino raises the people to fight against the usurper. Ordinary townspeople, reading truthful graffiti (the Cromozhka secretly leaves them), often begin to call a spade a spade. The king is taken to clean water: he is completely bald and wears a wig. Unable to withstand the onslaught of rebellious subjects, Giacomon escapes, and his ministers and gendarmes stand trial. The truth is winning.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Sergey Krupenikov (scoring and vocals - Sergey Belikov ) | Jelsomino main character |
| Vladimir Basov (vocals - Oleg Anofriev ) | King Giacomon the main antagonist |
| Klara Rumyanova (scoring) | Lame Cat |
| Valery Pogoreltsev (vocals - Igor Efremov ) | artist Bananito |
| Evgenia Khanayeva (vocals - Zhanna Rozhdestvenskaya ) | Corn Aunt Romoletta |
| Lyudmila Zhukova | Girl Romoletta Corn Niece |
| Lev Perfilov (vocals - Oleg Anofriev) | Calimer scammer |
| Roman Yuriev-Lunts | junkman |
| Ilya Rutberg | gendarmerie chief |
| Mirza Babaev | prison warden |
| Oleg Vasilkov (as “ I. Vasilkov”) | secretary |
In episodes
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Boris Astankov | King Giacomon Government Minister of War |
| Valery Bassel | gendarme |
| Maria Vinogradova | neighbor Jelsomino |
| Andrey Duminika | first minister |
| Victor Ilchenko | father of gelsomino |
| Roman Kartsev | school teacher |
| Evgeny Kotov | courtier / newspaper editor |
| Semyon Krupnik | bakery shopkeeper |
| Vladimir Losev | Giacomon's Minister |
| Leonid Marennikov | first "doctor" |
| Rudolf Mukhin | the second "doctor" and the jailer of the "sanatorium" |
| Yuri Pomerantsev | neighbour |
| Sergey Prostyakov | third "doctor" |
| A. Filatov | second minister |
| V. Cherkasova (in credits as “V. Cherk e owl”) | Grandma Jelsomino |
Not indicated in credits
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| A. Cantor | first citizen |
| Alexey Konsovsky (scoring) | voice behind the scene |
| Margarita Korabelnikova (scoring) | kittens |
| Larisa Korshunova | mother with baby |
| Larisa Markaryan | nanny in maternity hospital |
| Valery Motrenko | court pirate |
| Zinaida Naryshkina (scoring) | homeless kitten / one of the Corn kittens |
| Anatoly Paduka | episode |
| V. Poletaev | dad at the hospital |
| Lydia Polyakova | bread saleswoman at stationery store |
| Galina Rogacheva | young mother with baby |
| Alexander Starodub | the minister |
| Mikhail Strelkov | second city dweller |
| Mikhail Tokarev | neighbour |
| Yuri Khrzhanovsky (scoring) | cat watchdog |
Camera crew
- Script writer: Tamara Lisitsian
- Director: Tamara Lisitsian
- Director of photography: Gennady Karyuk
- Set Designer: Eugene Galey
- Composer: Igor Efremov
- Lyrics: Mikhail Tanich , Leonid Derbenev , Igor Efremov
Music
- Jelsomino song - Sergey Belikov
- Song of the artist Bananito - Igor Efremov
- Horse Song - Jeanne Christmas
- Aunt Corn's Song - Jeanne Christmas
- Cats song - Klara Rumyanova
- Song of the scammer Kalimer - Oleg Anofriev
- War song
- Gentlemen accustomed us to deception - Sergey Belikov
- Song of King Giacomon - Oleg Anofriev
- The light is ever brighter than victorious - Sergey Belikov
Production
The script was based on a translation of the book by Oleg Ivanitsky and Alexander Makhov in 1960.
The film was shot in the old quarters of Lviv and in Odessa [1] .
By the time Sergey Krupennikov was invited, part of the episodes with Dzhelsomino was already filmed with another actor - a student of the Shchukinsky school . For this reason, after replacing the actor, the filming went at a very accelerated pace - in violation of the Labor Code, the 14-year-old Krupennikov had to film some days from 11 am to 8 pm [2] .
Chapters
Episode 1
| room | Chapter title | Book illustration |
|---|---|---|
| one | About how Gelsomino's voice surprised everyone | Vignette to chapter 1 |
| 2 | About how Jelsomino got into the Land of Liars | Vignette to chapter 21 |
| 3 | About how Jelsomino saw a singing teacher | Figure opening chapter 4 |
| four | About how Jelsomino helped the artist in his trouble | Vignette to chapter 8 |
| five | About how Lame Cat Cat alarmed the whole city | Figure opening chapter 7 |
| 6 | About how the artist Bananito was arrested | Vignette to chapter 16 |
Series 2
| room | Chapter title | Book illustration |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | How Kalimer was arrested in order to take away the reward for his denunciation | Figure opening chapter 13 |
| eight | About how Jelsomino freed his friends | Vignette to chapter 19 |
| 9 | About how Gelsomino and friends learned the secret of the king | Figure opening chapter 21 |
| ten | About how people read the graffiti and stopped being afraid of the king | Vignette to chapter 5 |
Notes
Literature
- A. Khlebnikov. The story of Gianni Rodari "Jelsomino in the Land of Liars" and the film "The Magic Voice of Jelsomino" // "The Babel." - 2010. - No. 12.
Links
- Songs from the movie about Jelsomino
- By this link you can listen to and download the soundtrack to the movie in mp3 format
- The film "The Magic Voice of Gelsomino" on the official channel of the Odessa Film Studio