Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid (1975)

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There on the shores of a sea
lies Copenhagen the capital of Denmark.

...and there the characters
of his wonderful fairytales were born.

Andersen possessed a magical gift.

While he observed the life of people and nature...

...looking at common things...

...he always managed to note something wonderful.

He said that the most incredible fairytales...

...have their origin in reality.

Both children and adults of the whole world...

...love and remember the poetical
creations of the great Danish storyteller.

His fairytale of the little mermaid
had also been conceived here by the sea.

{\fad[01300]}LITTLE MERMAID

Subtitles are based on the Russian dub from "SojuzMultfilm"
Russian time-code and arrangement: Keeper [hd_keeper@mail.ru]
English translation: neo1024

- Storm!
- Hide! Save yourselves!

The Witch has again started the storm.

Why?

That evil crone is out of her mind that's why.

Who's out of her mind?
You pitiful fish!

I'm the ruler of the Ocean!

Who dares mock me?!

Hey waves be high!
Tornadoes become strong!

Fritz I can't believe that I managed to reach home.

Good night Marina!

Bye Fritz!

Bye-bye!

Here I am!

Marina!

You are the youngest of us.
You shan't venture that far.

We were even about to go looking for you.

Fritz was with me - I wasn't afraid.

If you keep on mixing with that troublemaker...

...you will not become a true mermaid.

And will never receive the pearl
the sign of an adult mermaid.

If I don't receive the pearl
I will not be allowed to ascend to the surface.

Sisters please don't tell Grandma that I came back late.

Marina!

I'm coming!

Princesses you come over here as well.

We are coming Grandmother.

Did you call us Father of the Seas?

The Witch is raging again.
Don't leave the castle and go to bed early tonight.

Yes Father.

Grandmother good night.

Good night!

The storm subsided by sunrise
and the mermaids could go out for a morning stroll.

Up to the surface to ride the waves?

Yep.

And I'm with you. Let's swim!

You can't Marina.

You are not 15 yet.

But I want so much Grandmother...

No-no you are still too young.

Great icebergs swim on the surface.

Scary animals roam the shores.

"Wof wof!" they call.

And small humans throw stones.

Then why do you always return
from there looking so merry and happy?

Grandmother we are off to the surface!

And you stay here!

Marina!

But Grandmother...

You can go with your sisters once you become grown up.

I see they won't let me out without a pearl.

Marina!

Don't be sad.

Want to see what I found?

And what have you found?

Swim after me!

It's the ship sunk by the Witch.

This must be the crown of the King on the land.

Marina you look like a land Queen in it!

A flute?

Doesn't play must be broken.

Let's look what's inside!

A stone human.

How handsome he is!

Why does it feel so sweet looking at him?
I haven't met anyone like this in the sea.

Look at me I am a little handsome as well.
Even though I am not of the merpeople kin.

Enough how long can you stare at him?

How I wish I could ride the waves!

I feel there is much wonderful there on the surface
which my sisters hide from me.

I'll come with you!

They won't let me out without the pearl flower.

I know of a way out.

How?

Slip from the castle in the thick of the night
when the third guard changes and even the sea cabbage is asleep.

Uncle whale!

Whale is asleep whale is snoring.

Who tickles me you prankster?

We are sorry to wake you up Duke.

Little Princess! Why are you
out and about in the middle of the night?

Take us to the surface please!

What?!

Such ideas! Play pranks at
my presentable age! No thank you.

You've become hard to budge!

Don't instigate Fritz.

I awfully want to see what it's like up there.

It's too early for you still.

And I know something!

So what's that you know?

Once when Duke swam across
the seven seas to visit his girlfriend...

...he took with him a big pearl
from the castle's roof as a present for her.

Oh well climb in Princess!

It's me great Duke the master of the Seven Seas!

What are you sleeping at your station?

I am not asleep I'm guarding.

Well done lad!

I'll soon see the surface of the sea!

So Fritz you've never been to the surface?

Oh you are a youngster yourself
even younger than the Princess.

Nothing of the kind!
She's simply just a little older than me.

That's another matter then.

Well no guards will catch you here. Final stop!

Climb out.

Thank you Duke.

Hm where did you come from?

Free-riders!

Sorry! Excuse us!

Chatty-fish promised me not to tell anyone.

Except for the first one they meet.

We promise.

We are off on our own business.

Guard the Mermaid Princess Fritz.

And don't take long coming back to the castle!

You're not coming with us Duke?

I can't stay here - whalers might come.

Be careful you two!

Let's surface Fritz!

Look at such a huge bit of shell hanging there!

Silly that's the Moon-King.

During the nights he takes up the Sun's throne.
Grandmother told me about it.

I see. They reign in turns.

The Sun during the day
and the Moon during the night.

It's so wonderful here!

And the King of Winds plays with my hair...

I can's see anything wonderful in this.

Such darkness around.

It was darker in Duke's mouth.

Such a sweet smell from the land!

Come let's find something more interesting!

It's so dull here.

I haven't seen such a thing on the bottom.

Beautiful!

Interesting what's up there?

Can't make it out from here.

Let's swim closer!

Wait..!

Such wonder! The same man but alive and not from stone.

Do you see over there?

What my Prince?

A mermaid. A mermaid is sitting on that ice flake.

That can't be...

That must be the fault of that glass of wine
that the Prince partook on the occasion of his birthday.

Loiterers!

When will you finally please me with a nice shipwreck?

The Prince's ship can go under.

Fritz let's swim closer to it!

We shouldn't it's very dangerous.
Let's get out of here!

Fritz the Prince might die.

Marina careful! Get back!

Prince!

Marina!

Prince!

Marina!

Prince!

Prince..!

Prince Prince!

Prince!

Hold on dear Prince.

Prince!

My Prince...

Now...

My Prince...

My beautiful Prince.

Wake up Prince

Prince do You hear me?

Prince I beg of you please don't die!

Alive... He is alive!

Better if I die instead of You.
I would gladly give up my own life.

Wake up Prince! Do You hear me?

Someone lies on the beach.

What happened to You? Are You ill?

He woke up. Wonderful.

Marina you saved the Prince and he does not even know it.

Why hadn't you waited until he woke up?

What are you saying he would have
been awfully frightened once he saw my fish tail.

The order is to find Princess Marina.

Search every corner of the bay.

And that good for nothing Fritz
must be caught and brought here under guard.

Yessir!

You know I was very scared when I lost sight of you?

I searched the whole ship – you were nowhere to be seen.

I'm sorry Fritz.

Please promise me that you
won't tell anyone about the Prince ok?

Ok.

Stop Fritz you are under arrest!

Let him go Fritz is not guilty of anything.

I am the guilty one.

Princess please swim straight to the Castle.

Ungrateful daughter!
You mas us worry so much!

Mermaids can live up to 300 years...

...yet they can die in an instant
under a wreckage of a ship...

...as it happened with your mother.

Forgive me Father.

I forbid you to leave the Castle.

And Fritz will no longer be your page-dolphin!

This might be too harsh of a punishment.
Granddaughter is scared as it is.

Fritz says you saved a human during the storm.

From now on you will go out with your sisters.

Though you are not 15 yet...

...we well not put it off any longer
and will celebrate you coming of age tomorrow.

Oh Grandmother!

Let it be as you wish Mother.

Well Marina tomorrow you will become a grown-up.

Wonderful!

Thank you Grandmother!

Thank you Father!

They justly say that Grandmother
is the wisest one in all of the seas.

And most kind too.

This flower with a pearl is the sign of adulthood.

Bear it with dignity my daughter
so that I could be proud of you.

I will try Father.

And now let all be happy and merry...

...while Marina sings to us.

Her voice is the best in the whole Kingdom!

Of love I couldn't hear
while neither awake nor asleep:

My sisters hush in their talk
if I swim too close.

But their secret I know
somehow by myself

As if the distant light of stars
pierces the mist.

Someone in the darkest depths
whispers to me "Remember me and I shall come."

The ray of sunrise told me this.

Both happiness and sorrow
I with hope await.

Up there in the moonlit heights
a wave chases after a wave.

And on each wave as a flower
its own moon's riding.

And we two up there
shall meet at the destined hour.

Let the pearly moonlight
forever bind us.

Soon shall he come
I hear it he's underway makes haste.

My sunrise's ray he's somewhere here.

Both happiness and sorrow
I with hope await.

Marina!

Marina!

Marina somehow I knew where to find you.

I have important news.

What is it Fritz?

We discovered it first!

The Prince whom you saved
lives in the castle of the shore of the fjord.

The castle on the shore...

We see you fell in love with him.

Yes you are blushing!

Hey chatty-fish get lost!

Good bye.

Bye-bye.

I am drawn there.

To the castle on the shore?

Yes but I dare not show myself to the Prince.

You can look at him unnoticed from the iceberg.

I know who can help me – the Witch.

The Witch?

The chanting Witch.

She'll be able to give me the human form.

Human?!

How else shall I meet the Prince?

Are you out of your mind?

The Witch's castle is surrounded
by a forest of poisonous polyps.

I know.

You know?

They will strangle you sooner
than you will see the Witch.

I will go there anyway.

Marina!

What shall I do? Marina is in peril.

Stop! I will not let you go!

I shall swim there it's decided.

I will tell everything to the King of the Sea!

Then we are enemies for life.

For the whole life?

That's very long...
No I don't want us t be come enemies.

Then let me through!

Marina!

Marina...

Marina faster..!

Fritz!

Shove off! Get lost! Let go!

Fritz!

A whole forest...

We should escape while we are alive.

Marina I am scared in here faster!

Take that!

Marina!

We are doomed!

I told you we shouldn't get in here!

And what shall we do now?

What's that?

I've got an idea!

Hey taste this poisonous sea urchin!

It's time!

Come on!

Fritz quick.

Haven't you changed your mind yet?

Here it is the Witch's castle.
So you are still going to go there?

Yes.

I'll come with you.

No I can't subject you to any more danger.

No-no I won't leave you!

It will end up badly for both of us
if you wake up the Witch.

The Princess is paying me a visit. Such honour!

Hello Mistress.

Witch!

I know what brought you into my realm.
I know what you devise.

Will you help me Mistress yes?

It is true what they say
that love derives one of reason.

You wish to change you gorgeous tail into...

...a couple of crotches like those that humans have
so that the Prince would love you back?

Yes I came for this.

Very well I will make it so. But remember...

What?

Once you acquire the human form...

...you can never again turn back into a mermaid. Do you agree?

Yes.

You will never again descend back
to the the Castle on the bottom of the sea.

Never again will you see your Father and Grandmother. Do you agree?

Yes.

And that's not all. It is not enough that you love the prince...

...he must return your love in kind.

And if it happens so that the Prince weds another one...

...your heart will break on the dawn after his wedding...

...and you will become sea foam!

And lastly.
Dearly shall you pay for your wish.

You shall give me your voice.

Voice?

Yes your voice - the most beautiful in the whole of the Kingdom.
You will give me the best that you have.

If I give you my voice how will I talk to the Prince?

The Prince should understand
everything by looking into your expressive eyes.

By my eyes?

With one look can you harness a human's heart.

You will not need your voice.

Tomorrow your tail will become a pair of slender legs...

...and you will dance better than any girl in the Kingdom!

If my conditions are scaring you it is not yet late to turn back.

Maybe you should forget the Prince?

No I will not! I will agree to anything
just so I could take a human form.

Drink this brew on the shore before the sunrise. Do not delay!

Poor Marina!

Let me through or I'll shred your castle to pieces!

Marina!

Marina...

I heard everything.

You can no longer talk.

Will I never again hear your tender kind voice?

Why...

Why do you need this human form..?

Marina!

Dear Father...

...dear kind Grandmother...

...my sisters...

...good bye.

I must be on the shore by the sunrise.

Fritz my friend....

Can I see you off?

Up there it will be even harder for you to say good bye.

Be happy!

Marina!

Marina!

Marina!

Marina...

What happened to you?

Come to!

Tell me who are you where from?

Are you wounded?

Can you stand up?

Hey somebody come over here!

Jemmy help is needed.

She is naked!

Stop staring and you call yourself a teacher!

How did she end up here?

We could not find any gowns
but the Prince's dress suits you well.

You have such slender beautiful legs!

Oh I've never seen such a huge pearl.

You... oh sorry Your Highness must be a princess of some remote kingdom?

My word even the Queen does not have such a wonderful pearl.

You...

You want to give it to me?

No-no-no-no I am just a poor servant.

How strange...

Maybe not everything's right in her pretty head?

Then again doesn't look like it.
She's a very sweet and kind girl...

...obviously from a distinguished family.

Ah she must've been captured by pirates...

...and now managed to escape poor thing.

In this dress you can be taken for my younger brother.

How did you appear on our shores?

I see you don't know.

What is your name?

You can't speak is that so?

Come with me.

Can you write?

Write me your name.

I feel like I've seen you somewhere but cannot remember where...

Maybe in a dream?

I can't understand what you wand to say.

A month has passed.

In your music I hear the voice of the sea.

Now it's the whisper of the surf
on a windless evening...

...now it's the roar of high waves in a storm...

...and sadness embraces me.

The sea brought you to me...

...so I shall call you Mermaid.

Shall I Princess Mermaid?

You are so beautiful and kind...

...and my little sparrow likes you very much as well.

Oh a dolphin!

Mermaid!

Don't you dare hurt it!

Marina!

Thank you my little friend.

You didn't get put off by danger.

If anything happens shine a ray
from your pearl towards the sea...

...and I will come at once to help you.

Good bye!

Fritz!

Fritz...

You haven't forgotten me still.

Mermaid!

Looks like that dolphin is your friend.

You are so kind my dear Mermaid.

Come!

Tomorrow I will take you with
me to a ride in the forest.

Let's race Mermaid?

Let's go!

You are doing well little Mermaid..

Careful there's a turn ahead.

What? Wolves? Quick!

Well forest bandits I'll show you!

The Prince is in trouble!
And I only wished to deal with {\i1}her{\i0}...

I will try to correct my failure and the sooner the better-

After me! Faster!

He loves me.

He loves me not.

He loves me.

He loves me not.

He loves me!

Why such haste what happened?

His Highness requests Your presence in the capital.

There is an urgent state business - the bride-show.

Bride-show?

Your intended bride is the Princess of the Suomi Kingdom.

The Suomi Kingdom?

Excellent upbringing an undisputed beauty.

Relay to His Highness that I decline.

It is impossible to decline!

The King and the Queen have
already scheduled the date of the bride-show...

...and You will have to submit to they will.

Do not be sad Princess Mermaid.

The Prince loves only you...

...and no other will touch his heart.

Mermaid!

I will have to go to this bride-show.

You know I still remember the girl...

...whom I saw on the beach back then.

My ship had been sunk during that frightful night...

...and the waves washed me ashore.

There I was found and rescued by a black-haired girl.

Black-haired?

I do not know anything about her...

...and will probably never meet her...

...but if I have to choose a bride after all...

...Little Mermaid...

...I will choose someone like you.

So Jammy that's who captured the heart of our Prince.

I will not let it happen!

Do not worry Mister Minister.

I will make it so that this mute will not see the Prince again.

Ha Jemmy!

You rushed here from the Prince's castle.

I ran here as fast as I could
to tell You a secret Your highness.

Which?

Oh my Queen the Prince does not
want to come to the bride-show.

He has already chosen a bride for himself – a mute girl.

A mute you say?

Ah Your Majesty we must take
urgent measures or it will be too late.

Poor boy she has turned his head.

What my Mother is ill?

Yes my Prince. A ship has been sent for you.

Very well. Little mermaid let's go!

The orders were to not take the girl.

Why not?

I don't know that's the order.

I love her like a sister and
separation would be hard on me.

Take her on the ship she is a kind girl.

I vouch that it is so.

Prince we must hurry on the ship.

My little Mermaid I as of you...

...prey with me...

...so that my Mother would soon get better.

There is no need for that.

Father? Mother?

You were worried for me
but I am already in good health.

We are sailing to the Suomi Kingdom.

To the Suomi Kingdom?

To the bride-show of your intended the Princess.

You deceived me!

We only wish you well.

Take her!

Mermaid!

Mermaid!

...but if I have to choose a bride after all...

...Little Mermaid...

...I will choose someone like you.

Look look! Here he comes!

So handsome!

Princess do greet the noble Prince as it pertains You.

Be welcome Prince.

That can't be!

So it were You?

Seems like a dream...

Yes...

Little Mermaid!

Little Mermaid!

Be happy for me!

I found her who saved me then.

The wedding will be held tonight!

Fritz!

Fritz...

Marian!

What happened?

The Prince will marry another one yes?

So you will become sea foam
on the morning after the wedding?

Is it truly going to happen?

You must not disappear no!

Marian!

No!

You must not!

You must not!

I do not want to part with you.

Don't want to...

It must not happen no!

Don't want!

No! No! No!

The heart believes in it and
and I'll accept all that love gives.

Love can only be great
small love is no love at all.

So let it be kind and tender to us.

And even if it's bad
I won't relinquish it.

And so the wedding merriment is over.

The sunrise is close.

With the first ray of Sun
the Witch will take my life away.

Marina!

Marina!

We are here!

We are here!

You hair! What happened to it!

Marina!

We begged the Witch to save you.

She helped us.

We gave her our hair in return...

...for this magic dagger which can save you.

Fritz!

Take this dagger Marina!

Yes?

Before the sunrise you must pierce the Prince's heart with it.

And once his blood washes your feet...

...they will grow together back into mermaid tail.

You will again become a mermaid!

Marina you will be saved.

One of you must die.

Hurry!

Father and Grandmother are waiting for you!

Hurry the sunrise is so close.

Marina come back to us!

We will wait for you Marina!

No I can't.

I love him more than the life itself.

Let him live.

It must be so.

I must return into this blue sea.

I was borne in it...

...so shall I die in it.

And once I become sea foam...

...I will be able to rock in the waves {\i0}his{\i1} ship.

That will be my sign of love towards the Prince.

It is wonderful when you are loved...

...but to love yourself is an equally great happiness

Yes even after such an end...

...I still want to always swim beside {\i0}him{\i1}.

Good bye my Prince.

Good bye sisters.

Dear Father tender Grandmother...

Good bye Fritz.

Good bye my friends.

And... forgive me.

Little Mermaid!

Mermaid!

Mermaid!

Marina!

Marina!

The rays of the Sun warmed the cold sea foam...

...and Little Mermaid's soul transparent as air ascended towards them.

Good bye Little Mermaid.

Good bye Princess Mermaid!

It may be so that the Little Mermaid
has already returned to the depths of the sea...

...and her soul has merged with with the sea's waves which brought her to us.

And now the love and courage of the Little Mermaid...

...lives on in our hearts.