Russian animation: About Crayfish (+English subtitles) 2003

This one's probably not for children (serious themes). 2003, director Valentin Olshvang, A-Film Studio. This film is based on old folklore, and was very difficult to translate (a lot of Old Russian). By necessity, much of the translation is a paraphrase, because this old dialect is too different from English to translate very closely. There are still some phrases that are not translated - if anyone can help with those, I would appreciate it. In particular: the prayer at 1:46 and the women at 7:14. I wish to thank lana-sv for the mostly-accurate transcription of the Russian text at http://lana-sv.livejournal.com/356338.html - it helped enormously. This film won 3rd place in the audience ranking at the 2004 Open Russian Festival of Animated Film in Suzdal, and received a jury prize for "creating a striking and original artistic world". Animator.ru profile: http://animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_film&fid=6186 Some of my commentary about this film: http://niffiwan.livejournal.com/22785.html