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.
Cast
Crew
Panteleymon Sazonov
Director, Writer
Alexander Pushkin
Novel
Piama Alipova
Director of Photography
Boris Dyozhkin
Animation
Faina Epifanova
Animation
Boris Titov
Animation
Grigoriy Kozlov
Animation
Dmitriy Belov
Animation
Mikhail Irtenyev
Animation
Serafim Renskiy
Sound Director
Iosif Kovner
Original Music Composer
E. Golovanova
Technical Advisor
Vera Rodzhero
Background Designer
Galina Nevzorova
Background Designer
Vladimir Bochkarev
Art Direction
Yakov Reytman
Art Direction