1. Awarded the Prix Louis Delluc 1979Copy !req
2. a coproduction of...Copy !req
3. The King and the Mocking BirdCopy !req
4. Based on H.C Andersen's
The Shepherdess and the Chimney-SweepCopy !req
5. screenplay by...Copy !req
6. music by...Copy !req
7. Some images and 4 songs lyrics by Jacques Prévert
and music by Joseph Kosma,Copy !req
8. are taken from
"The Shepherdess and the Chimney-Sweep"Copy !req
9. Directed by Paul Grimault
and produced by la Société Gémeaux-André SarrutCopy !req
10. Ladies and Gentlemen...
Oh, pardon meCopy !req
11. The story, we have the honor
and pleasure of telling youCopy !req
12. is an absolutely true story.
Perfectly true.Copy !req
13. It happened to me...
among others.Copy !req
14. At that happy time I'd built my
nest on top of the Great PalaceCopy !req
15. of the immense Kingdom of TachycardiaCopy !req
16. At that time reigned King CharlesCopy !req
17. the 5+3 is 8+8 is 16th
of TachycardiaCopy !req
18. He was not a good king.Copy !req
19. He detested everyone and
everyone detested him.Copy !req
20. Loneliness and hunting
were his favorite pastimes.Copy !req
21. Anyway, in a word,
we were 'NOT' friendsCopy !req
22. Here lies my dear wife, victim of
an unfortunate hunting accidentCopy !req
23. Bravo, bravo!
Long live His Majesty! Good shot!Copy !req
24. Assassin!Copy !req
25. Distinctly, I say it!
And I mean it: A-ssa-ssin!Copy !req
26. And I add, you're a nasty piece
of work! An absolute rotter!Copy !req
27. Really, what's the meaning
of such behavior?Copy !req
28. Shooting at poor folk!
And they call THIS His Majesty!Copy !req
29. Miserable wretch! How dare you
take that tone with me?Copy !req
30. Oh, I ask you, why do I always
run into such looney birds!Copy !req
31. First floor:
Contentious Current AffairsCopy !req
32. Royal Treasury, Goldsmithy,
Public TreasuryCopy !req
33. Levies & Taxes, Liquidation,
Bonds Sales, Royal FamilyCopy !req
34. State Prisons,
Summer prison, Winter prisonCopy !req
35. Fall and Spring prisons.Copy !req
36. Small and large bathtubs.Copy !req
37. Military equipment, Ministry of War and HostilitiesCopy !req
38. Under-secretary of PeaceCopy !req
39. Miscellaneous clothing, fireworksCopy !req
40. last bullets, furs, bonnets,
peaked caps,Copy !req
41. trumpets, buffing brushes, drumsCopy !req
42. gendarmerie, lavatory,
'Manu militari'Copy !req
43. great royal printing works,
lettres de cachet, taxes and leviesCopy !req
44. civil prisons,
dungeons and catacombsCopy !req
45. lance-making and puzzles, parasols and umbrellasCopy !req
46. casino, skeet-shooting, army museum, botanical garden,Copy !req
47. gallery of ancestors,
great royal workshopsCopy !req
48. King's night shelter,
King's gallows birds,
King's hair salon,Copy !req
49. King's chiropodist, King's sauna,
King's great luminiscent watersCopy !req
50. King's chamber music,
King's guard trumpets.Copy !req
51. His Majesty's new official painter!Copy !req
52. 296th floor:
His Majesty's secret apartment.Copy !req
53. Perfectly secret... apartment!
54.1Copy !req
54. What do you expect?
You can't like everyone!Copy !req
55. Especially if you don't know them.Copy !req
56. How about you, who do you like?Copy !req
57. Me? I love only you. And you?Copy !req
58. Same with me, I love only you!Copy !req
59. You're the nicest chimney-sweep I ever knew.Copy !req
60. And you're the prettiest shepherdess I ever saw.Copy !req
61. Have you seen many others?Copy !req
62. No, I haven't even dreamed of one.Copy !req
63. Believe in my long experience.Copy !req
64. I've told you a hundred times
you're not made for each other.Copy !req
65. First of all you're
not the same color.Copy !req
66. A shepherdess and a chimney-sweep?
It's out of the question!Copy !req
67. Out of the question!Copy !req
68. I love you, little shepherdess,
and I am the King.Copy !req
69. So, don't waste your time
with this coalman.Copy !req
70. I am King, I love you,
we must marry.Copy !req
71. There's clearly no need to hesitate.Copy !req
72. It's obvious. Besides...
it's written in books...Copy !req
73. "Shepherdesses marry Kings"Copy !req
74. End of discussion!Copy !req
75. I've decided. The wedding
will take place here.Copy !req
76. Tonight, at the twelfth stroke of midnight, I say!Copy !req
77. Trust in my old experience,
they won't go far.Copy !req
78. Everything's locked up, here.
And besides, there's no door.Copy !req
79. It's a little escapade of no importance.
Soon you'll see them return quicker than they left.Copy !req
80. Where are they?Copy !req
81. If I can believe my old experience, I believe they left.Copy !req
82. Ah! I'd never have believed
it could be so beautiful.Copy !req
83. Rest assured! The world
is so big, they won't go far.Copy !req
84. They're so young, they'll
be afraid. They will return.Copy !req
85. Anyway it's best to accept it
since you can't leave here.Copy !req
86. We'll see about that!Copy !req
87. There you are! My compliments!
That was some dirty trick!Copy !req
88. What'll I do, now,
with a broken leg?Copy !req
89. A broken leg! A man of my age!
And of my valor!Copy !req
90. You'll be sorry you did this!Copy !req
91. I don't know what's keeping me
from kicking your derriere!Copy !req
92. Police! Police!Copy !req
93. Police! Police! Police!Copy !req
94. Long live His Majesty!Copy !req
95. Awaiting your orders, Majesty.
What is the matter?Copy !req
96. A charming, little shepherdess
in whom I have a tender interest...Copy !req
97. was abducted by a wretched
little chimney-sweep!Copy !req
98. I want! I order! I demand... that you find them quick!
I have spoken!Copy !req
99. Oh, look! Birds!Copy !req
100. Oh, thank you, chimney-sweep!
It was so kind of you to save my little boy.Copy !req
101. He's a little careless.
He fell for the trap.Copy !req
102. And it's not the first time
it happened to him.Copy !req
103. By the way my little friends,
I advise you take care too.Copy !req
104. There's no shortage of traps
in this vast kingdom of Tachycardia!Copy !req
105. Traps for children, traps for birds, tr...Copy !req
106. What? You're not listening...Copy !req
107. You're looking at the world.
Well, sure it's worth seeing.Copy !req
108. I'm telling you,
I've travelled a lot!Copy !req
109. The world!
I've circled it. I've seen...Copy !req
110. Niagara Falls, The Bells of Corneville,
the Tower of London, Place d'Italie in Paris,Copy !req
111. The Panama Canal
and the festival at Neuilly.Copy !req
112. Wonders of the World. Lesson 4...
Come, come, children!Copy !req
113. Why is it round?Copy !req
114. Because it turns.Copy !req
115. Why does it turn?Copy !req
116. Because it's round!Copy !req
117. How does it turn?Copy !req
118. Around the Sun!Copy !req
119. How strange! It usually
takes 24 hours to turn.Copy !req
120. It's because you're new!
She wants to please you!Copy !req
121. So, the Earth is nice?Copy !req
122. Oh yeah.Copy !req
123. Hello! Hello! Great
reward offered! Hello! Hello!Copy !req
124. A charming shepherdess and a no account
chimney-sweep, no account at all...Copy !req
125. are being sought by the
Royal Police of His Majesty...Copy !req
126. King Charles the
5+3 is 8+8 is 16th of Tachycardia.Copy !req
127. Don't worry kids. We've been through worse.
Great reward offered! Hello hello.Copy !req
128. Hang in there!
If the things get complicated, call me and...Copy !req
129. I'll come and fix things!Copy !req
130. But how will we call you?Copy !req
131. Just shout 'bird' and the bird will come!Copy !req
132. Bird! Bird! Bird!Copy !req
133. Don't stay here. Follow me!Copy !req
134. The elevator! Get on that. It'll soon move.
I'll take care of it.Copy !req
135. Gentlemen! Shepherdess and chimney-sweep
Great reward...? I'm your man!Copy !req
136. Where are they?Copy !req
137. Up there gentlemen! Follow me!Copy !req
138. Long live His Majesty!Copy !req
139. The chimney-sweepCopy !req
140. The shepherdessCopy !req
141. Long live His Majesty!Copy !req
142. I say! What are the police doing?
They should find this little shepherdess.Copy !req
143. Hello, hello! Great reward offered! Hello, hello!Copy !req
144. A charming shepherdess and
a no account chimney-sweep,Copy !req
145. no account at all...Copy !req
146. are being sought by
His Majesty's Police.Copy !req
147. King Charles 5+3 is 8+8 is
16th of Tachycardia.Copy !req
148. Arrest them! I have them!
There they are!Copy !req
149. Bird! Bird!Copy !req
150. There they are!
There they are! Arrest them!Copy !req
151. There they are!Copy !req
152. Arrest them! They're there! There they are!
Arrest them! Arrest them!Copy !req
153. Arrest them!Copy !req
154. Stay here and don't forget
what I told you:Copy !req
155. Beware of traps.
Bird traps, child traps...Copy !req
156. Hello, hello! It is exactly
6:25 and 30 seconds.Copy !req
157. Hello, hello! A shepherdess and a chimney-sweep
have just entered the lower city.Copy !req
158. Hello, hello! A shepherdess and a chimney-sweep
have just entered the lower city...Copy !req
159. What's that?Copy !req
160. New ones!Copy !req
161. What are they like?Copy !req
162. A boy and a girl, both with
blond hair and blue eyesCopy !req
163. Young?Copy !req
164. Quite young.Copy !req
165. Hello, children. Who are you?
Where do you come from?Copy !req
166. Do you bring news?Copy !req
167. Is it true the world exists?
Is it true the Sun shines?Copy !req
168. Yes, it's true. We've seen it.Copy !req
169. How is it?Copy !req
170. It shines. It's all yellow!Copy !req
171. It's golden when it rises
and all red when it sets.Copy !req
172. We saw the Moon too.
We can tell you how it works!Copy !req
173. The Bird explained it all!Copy !req
174. 'The Bird'? They also saw a bird!Copy !req
175. I told you friends! We're saved!
The world exists! The Sun shines!Copy !req
176. And there are birds, too!Copy !req
177. Ah life is beautiful!
We'll see it all, one day!Copy !req
178. And now, music!Copy !req
179. Bird!Copy !req
180. At last I found you!
We will get married...Copy !req
181. without delay!Copy !req
182. As it's written in the books,
Kings always marry shepherdesses.Copy !req
183. Impossible! You refuse?Copy !req
184. Why?Copy !req
185. What a question! How do you expect her to
marry you, when she loves the chimney-sweep?Copy !req
186. The Chimney-sweep!
The Chimney-sweep!Copy !req
187. Again the Chimney-sweep!
Always the Chimney-sweep!Copy !req
188. You'll see what I'll do with the Chimney-sweep!Copy !req
189. Say yes to buy time.
I'll fix all this later.Copy !req
190. Stop! I Accept.Copy !req
191. What will you do with them?Copy !req
192. Rest assured, they're in no
danger. Quite the contrary.Copy !req
193. They'll have work.
What could be better for them?Copy !req
194. But you promised they'd go free!Copy !req
195. Work, my dear, 'IS' freedom.Copy !req
196. Life is beautiful! The Sun will shine!
Soon we'll see the birds!Copy !req
197. 'Volunteer worker'Copy !req
198. Patience!
This is just for a while!Copy !req
199. Long live His Majesty!Copy !req
200. Crimes of lèse-majesté...
fine, fine, fine.Copy !req
201. No clemency — Article 28.Copy !req
202. Article 28 is here.Copy !req
203. Bravo, bravo, bravo!Copy !req
204. Someone spoke.
Someone shouted 'bravo'.Copy !req
205. Who shouted?Copy !req
206. Me.Copy !req
207. Who are you?Copy !req
208. A bird!Copy !req
209. A bird? A bird! The children
predicted it! You're here!Copy !req
210. A bird. A great bird!
And with feathers!Copy !req
211. Multicoloured!Copy !req
212. You can fly too, I hope.Copy !req
213. What a question!
Judge for yourself!Copy !req
214. I hear his wings beating.
This is prodigious! He flies!Copy !req
215. Let's not exaggerate,
it's only natural.Copy !req
216. And he not only flies,
but he speaks!Copy !req
217. All languages. I am an
polyglot, monoglot.Copy !req
218. I know Toucan, English,
Latin, and Hare too.Copy !req
219. Chinese, Parrot of course,Copy !req
220. and Lion!Copy !req
221. Lion?Copy !req
222. Perfectly, Lion!
I said so and I'll prove it!Copy !req
223. Prodigious!
What did you say to them?Copy !req
224. I said: "Hello my friends.
How are you feeling?"Copy !req
225. What did they answer?Copy !req
226. That they feel pretty bad.
They get very bored in hereCopy !req
227. And they're especially hungry!Copy !req
228. So I said, 'Bon appetit',
out of simple politeness.Copy !req
229. But, I think I made a mistake.Copy !req
230. Play! Play something cheerful,
for the love of heaven,
play before they devour him!Copy !req
231. Devour who?Copy !req
232. The Chimney-sweep,
what a question!Copy !req
233. Oh, is he here?Copy !req
234. Yes, will you play!Copy !req
235. What about the shepherdess?Copy !req
236. The King took her.Copy !req
237. What for?Copy !req
238. To marry her. Now play
instead of asking questions!Copy !req
239. What a dreadful misfortune! They were both so nice!Copy !req
240. Oh, how sad things turned out!Copy !req
241. They're not so nasty. You just
need to know how to talk to them.Copy !req
242. My friends, what gentle fierce beasts you are!
You sympathise with the pain of this poor Chimney-sweep.Copy !req
243. It's beautiful. It's noble.
I congratulate you.Copy !req
244. Music please, something louder!Copy !req
245. If you knew the sordid depths
of this monstrous machination,Copy !req
246. then my Lion friends,
your indomitable indignationCopy !req
247. couldn't be contained within the
four walls of this dismal prison.Copy !req
248. Innocent Shepherdess
who cared for her sheep!Copy !req
249. And for whom
did she raise these sheep?Copy !req
250. Oh, not for herself, poor dear but for you, my lion friends!
Yes for you, my friends!Copy !req
251. Voila! A brave little girl... from these parts
who raises good fat sheep...Copy !req
252. for you, my good lion friends.Copy !req
253. And suddenly... the King!Copy !req
254. What does he do, this King,
my friends? Eh?Copy !req
255. He abducts this shepherdess
who kept her flock!Copy !req
256. The sheep flee to the four corners of the world.Copy !req
257. Poor little creatures!
Poor fat defenseless sheep!Copy !req
258. Driven mad with panic — livid!Copy !req
259. Caught in tempests, menaced by
avalanches, rolling down precipices!Copy !req
260. And those who escape,
fall into the jaws of wolves!Copy !req
261. Will you stop that racket!Copy !req
262. They're here, they're here!Copy !req
263. Who's here?Copy !req
264. The birds!Copy !req
265. Finally! Birds! We are saved!Copy !req
266. Long live the birds!Copy !req
267. Exactly friends! We are here!Copy !req
268. Curious, I'd have never thought
birds looked like that!Copy !req
269. The hour when Kings
marry shepherdesses...Copy !req
270. has rung once again. Ah!Copy !req
271. The King, stood with the
shepherdess under the...Copy !req
272. immense red velvet canopy above the throne,
silently savoured his triumph.Copy !req
273. Near him, his dog. Primped, powdered and proud as a peacock.Copy !req
274. Wearing a wig right out of the 18th century, strikes a pose.Copy !req
275. It is the solemn moment when
the Mayor of the Palace,Copy !req
276. kneeling respectfully in front of his beloved sovereign...Copy !req
277. with a rare obsequious smile,
asks him the ritual question:Copy !req
278. Do you, Sire, accept this modest
shepherdess as your wife?Copy !req
279. Yes!Copy !req
280. Do you, modest shepherdess, accept the immense honor
His Majesty does you by taking you for His wife?Copy !req
281. Do you accept,
modest shepherdess?Copy !req
282. Yes, of course!
What a question!Copy !req
283. They are united!Copy !req
284. They are wed! The little Queen's
face is resplendent with joyCopy !req
285. Listen to the audience's enthusiastic roar:
Long live Their Majesties!Copy !req
286. Long live Their Majesties!
Long live Their Majesties!Copy !req
287. Happiness! Health! Prosperity!Copy !req
288. Long life, to our
future little princes!Copy !req
289. Thank you. You've done me
an immense service.Copy !req
290. But it stays between us.Copy !req
291. Look, Madam,
I'm the happiest of all men!Copy !req
292. Not for long!Copy !req
293. Sire, don't try to flee,
all the birds are here.Copy !req
294. And when I say 'birds',
I don't mean my kids.Copy !req
295. Don't be afraid children,
Papa knows how to drive.Copy !req
296. I told you, children...Copy !req
297. when Papa's around,
he fixes everything!Copy !req