Film

The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda

1940 · 22m · Animation

IMDb

6.7

A self-loving and arrogant priest, strolling through the market square, is looking for a "cook, stable boy and carpenter" who would work for him diligently and a lot, and take only a little money for it. He meets a brave young man, Balda, who is hired as a servant by the popes for a purely symbolic payment - "a year for three cheeks on the forehead". Soon the Pope will have to learn the power of Balda's slap.

Leonid Pirogov

Balda (voice)

Yelena Tyapkina

Priest's Wife (voice)

Andrei Tutyshkin

Old Demon (voice)

Yuliya Yulskaya

Young Demon (voice)

Ivan Zalesskiy

Priest (voice)

• Panteleymon SazonovDirector · Writer
• Alexander PushkinNovel
• Piama AlipovaDirector of Photography
• Iosif KovnerOriginal Music Composer

Release date

October 22, 1940

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

22m

Rated

0+

Genres

Animation