"Film Polski presents:" "Starring" "Based on the novel by Jan Brzechwa" "Mister Blot..." "MISTER BLOT'S ACADEMY" "Part One" "Prince Matthew's Adventure" "Cast" "Screenplay" "Set decoration" "Music" "Production managers" "Photography" "Directed by" "My name is Adam Niezgódka." "I'm 10 years old." "And four 4 months." "I'm going to tell you now about Mr. Blot's Academy." "I was a hopeless boy... awkward and always late for school." "All thumbs, my mother said of me." "Nobody ever asked me to join in any games because I was supposed to bring bad luck." "But I found games boring." "I preferred books." "I dreamt of marvelous adventures, though I was afraid I might really be no good." "That was until the day... but wait and see for yourselves." "Welcome, Adam, we're waiting for you in our tale of..." "Mister Blot's Academy." "Mr. Blot himself has invited you to join us." "And you'll be welcomed by his favourite song." "In the Island of Cockaigne" "Puss in Boots spins his cane." "And prances hand in hand." "With an ass on an ant." "A guinea hen they say, lays a golden egg each day." "An oak has apples on it, each in an ermine bonnet." "A venerable whale wears specs to read his mail." "There's salmon and sardines in tomatoes and baked beans." "And a circus of white mice." "Skating on a mountain of ice." "Where's that happy place?" "Vanished without a trace..." "I'm so pleased you found your way into our tale." "I'm sure you'll like it here." "You'll have lots of new friends and great fun." "The classrooms, bedrooms and dining-room are on the ground-floor." "On the first floor you'll find the kitchen, my study and doors leading to other tales." "My secrets are on the 2nd floor where only..." "Mat the starling and I are allowed." "No entry except through the chimney." "As you see the stairs end at first floor." "It's noon!" "We'll start our tour with the kitchen." "You can help me get the meal ready." "Every tale has its own favourite color." "Much depends on color." "Mood, effect and simplicity." "In our tale you'll find all the colours of the rainbow." "Each stands for a quality I value highly:" "Candour, helpfulness and spontaneity." "Hand me a clean brush." "Thank you." "I know how to make edible paints which represent different flavours." "Blue is sour, green tastes of mint, pink is sweet, red is bitter and yellow is salty." "By combining different shades we obtain other more complicated flavours." "Green and white with a touch of gray tastes of vanilla." "Brown and yellow tastes of chocolate." "White and silver with a hint of jade tastes of pineapple." "Today we'll serve... flower soup." "Flower soup in three flavours." "It'll be ready in a moment." "As the second course we'll serve duck." "I'll just have to blow it up a little." "That's what my magnifying pump is for." "I'm not a wizard or a magician." "I just like to invent things and I'm an expert of story-telling." "Let's hurry." "Mat's ringing the bell for lunch." "Pour the soup into the tureens and take them downstairs." "Meanwhile I'll see to the duck." "Alfred I, Antony and Andrew II." "Adam II, Alfred, Andrew and Adam." "A new boy." " What's your name?" " Adam." "You know what's for lunch today?" "A Duck." "Dotty Duck." "I give you my word." "Was a very Peculiar bird." "Instead of staying at home." "She took long walks on her own." "At the barber's she quacked nicely "please just weight a quarter of cheese"." "And at the drugstore next door, she asked for half a pint more." "At the laundry she ordered a yard of stamps to put on a card." "Her family set up a howl." "Can nothing be done with that fowl?" "She hard-boiled her eggs in the snow and pinned up her curls with a bow." "It made the other ducks foam, when she used a match as a comb." "Once when she'd gobbled a book, she broke into Gobbledygook, she chewed up a lot of spaghetti and said she was making confetti." "And once she swallowed a dime just for the sake of the rhyme." "Her folks all quacked in distress." "Oh dear what a terrible mess!" "At last they found her a buyer who said he was willing to try her." "He picked up our Dottie and trussed her and in a hot oven he thrust her." "But he wished he had saved his money, when Dottie turned into a bunny." "That is the last news we heard of this very peculiar bird." "Flower soup!" "I'll serve the duck myself." "You decide what we're to have for afters." "I thought to myself this must have been the start of my great adventure." "I hoped it wasn't just make-believe." "Well, what sweet have you chosen?" "Omelet and cherries in chocolate." "That's a specialty of ours!" "I'm sure you'll like it." "What'll you eat, Professor?" "Two pills to make my hair grow and four freckles." "Don't laugh, freckles are good for memory, mental powers and against colds." "No more freckles?" "Go to Philip Barber for a fresh supply." "Philip visits us every Thursday but I can't wait that long." "You'll find his shop in Grey Street." "I found the place without any trouble." "I wondered what it was like inside." "I'd never been to a hairdresser's before." "Mr Alois!" "Mr Alois!" "What are you doing here, you little scamp?" "My establishment is for adults only!" "A little thieving rascal, are you?" "Who are you and who sent you here?" "Mr Blot sent me for some fresh freckles." "So you're a pupil at my dear friend's academy!" "Happy to make your acquaintance." "You don't look like those affected little fops he collects there." "I'll find you some freckles right away." "Straight from the safe, today's... fresh freckles." "Mr Blot will be pleased." "Give him my regards, and tell him it'll soon be his turn to do me a favour." " What?" " You look as if you had your head screwed on properly." "Soon you'll all have a big surprise." "See you soon, my little know-all." "Very nice..." "F16, 2-c..." "PHILIP Gent's hairdresser" "PHILIP Barber" "I was in a hurry to tell Mr. Blot about Philip the barber's strange behaviour." "Adam..." "I'm glad you're back." "You'll tell me everything tomorrow." "Now, go to bed, and have some wonderful dreams." " Good night." " Good night." "Uncovered as usual..." "Oh dear." "Sleep tight." "Good morning my merry warblers..." "Good morning..." "Mat, time to wake up the boys." "Why do you always start with us, Mat?" "The moon once visited a pool because he wanted to be cool." "Morning, Adam." "Come and join us under the rain-tree." " Who'll preside?" " Adam III." "The moon once visited a pool, because he wanted to be cool." "The fishes all... came up for air." "And sang in great surprise:" "who's there?" "The moon flashed brightly on their tails:" "A goldfish, can't you see my scales?" "Oho my friend, you'll soon be mine, an angler cried and cast his line." "He caught him by a curly beam, ate him for breakfast, braised in cream." "He caught him by a curly beam, ate him for breakfast, braised in cream..." " Is everyone up?" " Yes." " No one's idle?" " No." " Where are all the loafers?" " Loafing on the sofa!" "Loafing there is Lazy Loafer, loafer's shirking work again." "What do you mean by shirk?" "Isn't what I do work?" "Who ate breakfast, lunch and tea?" "And who's that sitting here but me?" "Who scratched his head and then his nose?" "Who sat right here and wiggled his toes?" "And who mislaid his bat and ball?" "You see!" "I'm not idle at all!" "Loafing there is lazy Loafer, loafer's is shirking work again." "Hey!" "Didn't I drink my cod-liver oil?" "And didn't I watch the kettle boil?" "And didn't I nearly get stung?" "And didn't I put out my tongue?" "And didn't I let them cut my hair?" "You call that idle?" "It's just not fair!" "Hello, my scallywags!" "Tell me about your dreams." "We'll put the best in our album." "With a piece of cotton wool soaked in sleepy essence..." "Mr. Blot collected our dreams in a big bowl." "When they were dry he rolled them into pills which we took before going to bed." "That way we had wonderful dreams." "One of mine was put into our album too." "It was a dream of seven glasses, but I'll tell you about it later." "After soaking up our dreams Mr. Blot put us to various tasks." "You'll stay by the gate." "Albert and Antony I will tidy the park and the football pitch." "Alfred and Antony II will lay the table." "Artur will dust the schoolroom." "Alfred II and Antony III will sweep the stairs and bedrooms." "You'll go and get matches from the little match-girl." "Dress warmly, it's winter in that tale." "Classes after breakfast." "Good morning my boy." "I can see you're from a whole different tale." "What brings you here?" "Mr. Blot asked me to get some matches." "Mr. Blot sent you?" "I like that old fellow." "You shall have some matches right away." "Give me one box, dear." "Take them to Mr. Blot and stop crying." "This little girl is only pretending to be cold and hungry." "It's just a tale!" "Give my love to Mr. Blot... but, you don't recognize me, do you?" "My name is Hans Christian Andersen." "Run along now, Mr. Blot will start worrying about you." "In a trice I was back at the academy." "I handed over the matches and joined the others in the classroom." "I won't bore you with the multiplication tables." "Or grammar, or fine handwriting..." "Or anything else usually taught at school." "I'll simply open your minds and sharpen your wits." "Have I told you about flying carpets?" "Yes!" "Or the famous cap of invisibility?" "Yes!" "What about incredible shrinking objects?" "Yes!" " I have it..." "Blottography!" " Blottography!" "Who'll begin?" "Anastazy." "Here you have a friendly bear." "Friendly bears are rather rare." "Bruin, give this lad your paw!" "You don't want to?" "What a bore!" "Dad was red and so was mum." "Red's my tail and here I come." "Red is the color Of my tribe." "Get away or I shall bite!" "When a bear is wild, he's wild and he keeps his tusks well filed." "If you see one don't delay, climb the nearest tree straightway!" "Now maybe you'd like to meet." "A shaggy bison on his beat." "Come on, Bison, there's a dear smile, before you disappear." "When a bear is wild, he's wild and he keeps his tusks well filed." "If you see one, don't delay..." "Monkeys flying high for kicks, getting up to monkey tricks." "A baboon's a monkey too." "Take a look, he's just like you!" "When a bear is wild, he's wild and he keeps his tusks well filed." "If you see one." "Don't delay." "Climb the nearest tree straightway!" "When a bear is wild, he's wild." "And he keeps his tusks well filed." "If you see one don't delay." "Climb the nearest tree straightway!" "I find this creature quite absurd." "Is it a rhino or a bird?" "Enter in pairs." "Careful!" "Take great care!" "This is a hospital for sick appliances." "You must be careful not to upset any of them." "Hello, how are we today?" "I see your temperature's come down." "Feeling much better, aren't we?" "No more twinges, you look fine..." "It's healed up beautifully, quite beautifully." "In a day or two you'll be as right as rain." "Another patient..." "Well, how's the cough?" "We'll try a little oil." "Don't worry, dear." "Soon you'll be perfectly well." "Lovely!" "And now watch carefully." "I'll teach you how to cure a cracked mirror." "Just concentrate..." "Later we'll hang it up in the dining-room." "It's well again." "Fine, fine..." "Now then, form two teams for a geography lesson." "I see you're in a great shape!" "It'll be an exciting match." "The two captains, come to me, please." "Now take your places." "Ready, steady, go!" "Europe!" "London, Berlin, Madrid, Rome, Thames..." " Asia!" " Iran, Gobi, Oman, Ganges, Tokyo..." " America!" " Mississippi, Colorado..." "California, New York, Ontario..." "Occasionally something gets lost across the wall but nobody ever brings anything back." "I think I heard them say." "That summer's on her way." "The mole grunts, for my part I expect her on a cart." "The magpie cries, oh no, that really can't be so." "Last May I saw her plain, she was riding on a train." "That's nonsense if you like, I know she rides a bike." " No!" "No!" "She prefers a chaise." " A chaise?" "I am amazed." "I have it at first hand, she never comes by land." "Meanwhile summer pranced on foot." "Meadows danced." "And in a blaze of flowers, welcomed the sunny hour." "In today's lesson you'll learn the language of birds, frogs, crayfish and fishes." "As you know, these creatures all speak in verse." "On, no!" "Don't worry, we'll try to get it back." "I can hear..." "I can hear..." "I can hear Mat calling us in for dinner." "We'll put off learning bird language until Tuesday, dawn." "That's all for today." "You've been very attentive." "I'm happy to see you are all friends of nature, respecting her ways." "After dinner the boys went fishing and Mr Blot took out his butterfly-net." "It's his favourite play." "Got you!" "I wanted to tell him about my visit to Philip Barber." "Come in." "You've discovered my secret." "I'll tell you my story and then you'll understand why I've such a large collection of buttons." "Close your eyes..." "It'll make it easier for you to imagine my adventures." "Know that I'm not a bird but a prince." "Once there was a great realm that lacked an heir to the throne." "My birth, therefore, was anxiously awaited." "Your Majesty," "Her Royal Highness ...has given birth to a boy!" "Our kingdom has a heir to the throne!" "Long live the king!" "The Island of Abracadabra, prosperous but in debt." "Cape Codswallow - very poor." "The ambassador of Tellatalia." "Proverbia, a very rich country." "My father was wise and benevolent." "Many rulers sought his favors." "I grew up amidst kindness and plenty." "My slightest whim was becoming law." "Every smile of mine was entered in the Book of Royal Smiles." "My youth was spent on riding and hunting." "I did not neglect my lessons but the call of the saddle and the gun was stronger than anything else." "I spent days on my favourite horse Ali Baba." "This angered my tutors who persuaded the court physician to condemn my favourite pastime." "His health and even his life are at risk." "I have advised against it." "The horse is wild and might bolt." "Hear the royal wish!" "Motivated by concern for the health of our son and royal heir we have forbidden him to ride on horseback or to take part in shooting contests." "The royal command filled me with bitterness." "Have no faith in fortune you who have raised up high." "But on her turning wheel keep a watchful eye." "What fortune has bestowed she can take away." "And no old acquaintance will help to bid her stay." "Those who gather round you and sign your praises now, are not drawn by friendship but to your fortune bow." "In spite of the prohibition I stole away." "If I had known what the outcome would be I should not have defied my father's will." "In the name of the king!" "Let me pass or I'll put a bullet through you." "My dearest child... we were unable to stem the flow of blood." "The wound must be healed!" "By royal command!" "Hear the royal proclamation!" "Whoever succeeds in stemming the flow of blood, can have half the contents of the royal treasury." "The wound went on bleeding." "I became gradually weaker." "The physicians' efforts were in vain." "My father despaired utterly." "But one day..." "We bring news of the arrival of Dr Pai-Chi-Wo." "Personal court physician to the emperor of China." "Let him enter." "Save my son, doctor!" "I'll give you as many rubies, emeralds and diamonds as will fill this chamber." "I'll put up a statue in your honor and make you my first minister." "Your Majesty!" "Wise and just ruler!" "Keep your jewels for the benefit of your subjects." "I don't deserve a statue." "In my country only poets are honored thus." "And I'd rather not be a minister as I might fall out of favour." "Allow me to examine the patient." "If I succeed in curing him I beg you to hold a magnificent feast for all your poorest citizens." "It shall be as you wish." "Would you allow me to have a few moments alone with my noble patient?" "I was able to cure you, my little prince, because I command secrets known only to my people from my country." "I know how you came by your wound." "You killed the king of wolves and werewolves and they'll wreak a terrible revenge." "They'll never forgive you." "That was the first wolf king to die at the hands of a human." "You are in very great danger." "I'll give you a magic cap that I got... from the emperor himself." "It may only pass into royal hands." "Never part with it." "Look after it like the apple of your eye." "When your life is in danger put it on and you'll be able to change into any creature you like." "When the danger has passed just pull this button and you'll regain your former shape." "Long live the prince!" "Long live the king!" "Sir, I bring dreadful news!" "Packs of wolves are ravaging towns and villages." "They devour food supplies and attack people." "Hordes of wolves from the south have trampled all the crops." "There are hundreds of thousands of them!" "They might even attack the capital." "We must stand up to this threat!" "We march together." "No enemy we fear." "Before our mighty army all obstacles disappear." "Howl!" "Wolves, howl!" "No mercy shall be shown." "With iron jaws, Iron will." "The world we'll call our own." "We advanced and on the world." "Our shadow falls." "Brother wolves, forward!" "Destiny calls!" "Citizens!" "Your king appeals to you." "Only you can save our country." "We must not surrender a single street, a single house or a single button." "Commander of the Guard!" "In the name of the wolf king I call on you to yield up!" " Give way or you'll be shot." " Traitor!" "I don't know what happened." "When I awoke my parents were both dead." "I remembered the magic cap." "But without the button that meant" "I would never regain the human shape if I decide to use it." "I want to be a bird!" "I was captured by a bird-catcher, and sold to a trader." "What a bizarre fellow!" "Bizarre fellow!" "At the market I caught the eye of a traveling scholar." "I'd be glad to buy this bird." "What's your price?" "100 pesetas is quite a modest sum, wouldn't you say?" "But I must know who's buying this bird who has mastered the human language." "Doctor of chemistry, philosophy and medicine, disciple of the famous Prof. Pai-Chi-Wo." "Lecturer in mathematics and astronomy at the University of Salamanca, Ambrose Blot, at your service." "Now you know my story." "Today I am a starling." "But I'm not at home either among birds or people." "Don't worry, Mat." "I'll do my best to find your magic button." "But why didn't Mr. Blot help you?" "After all, there's nothing he can't do." "Mat!" "Adam!" "Mr. Blot wants us to assemble in the square." "I'd like us all to be present at the lift-off of the balloon I'm sending... together with my third eye to one of the planets of the solar system... known as the Star of hope." "If what I suspect turns out to be true," "I'll tell you another story, a tale of star-dwellers." "When will the third eye be back?" "I don't know." "But certainly before Christmas." "Fly..." "towards the stars!" "Come along with us to the pond." " We have a rabbit." " I'm waiting to talk to Mr. Blot about something important." "Well then, we'll go without you." "During "time off" everyone can do what he likes." "While I was waiting for Mr. Blot I thought about how easily he rose into the air and how wonderful it would be to fly like a balloon or a ball." "Suddenly I felt strangely light-headed..." "I floated upwards without being afraid." "A new adventure!" "All this time Philip the Barber was working on his mysterious invention." "What does he intend?" "Who'll win this exciting duel?" "What new adventure awaits Adam?" "You can find out in Part Two of Mister Blot's Academy called" "The secret of Philip the Barber." "Film Polski presents:" "Starring" "Based on the novel by Jan Brzechwa" "Mister Blot..." "MISTER BLOT'S ACADEMY" "10-year old Adam Niezgódka was introduced by Mat, the talking starling," "Into the tale of Mister Blot's Academy." "At the gates he was greeted by the school-song..." "In the Land of Cockaigne." "A venerable whale wears specs to read his mail." "There's salmon and sardines in tomatoes and baked beans." "And a circus of white mice skating on a mountain of ice." "Where's that happy place?" "Vanished without a trace..." "Mr. Blot showed Adam round the Academy and told him about his special secrets." "He also asked Adam to go and get some fresh freckles from Philip, the Barber." "Philip's strange behaviour made Adam suspect something was wrong." "He was anxious to talk over his suspicions with Mr. Blot." "The Academy is a place where work and play are equally interesting." "The individuality of every pupil is respected there." "After the classes Adam set out to look for Mr. Blot, who was out catching butterflies." "Following a mysterious cloaked figure," "Adam found Mat the starling's secret hiding place." "This was full of buttons of all kinds." "Mat told Adam the story of his adventures." "He was the only son and heir of a wise and powerful king." "He grew into a brave but undisciplined youngster." "Against his father's will he set out on a nocturnal adventure during which he killed the king of the wolves." "The dying wolf wounded him... but the young prince was cured by Dr. Pai-Chi-Wo who gave him a cap with a magic button." "This enabled him to turn into a bird when he was attacked by wolves." "But without the lost button Mat couldn't turn back into a boy." "A bird-catcher sold him to a trader, who in turn sold him to Mr Blot." "Adam would like to help Mat find the button." "While waiting for Mr. Blot Adam looked upwards at a ball flying through the air and found himself flying towards a new adventure." "All this time Philip, the barber... had been waking on his mysterious invention." "Part Two" "The secret of Philip, The Barber" "Cast" "Screenplay" "Set decoration" "Music" "Production managers" "Photography" "Directed by" "After flying for some hours I landed softly outside the gates of a miniature city." "I decided to get in." "Hi, I'm Susie." "Open up, Tom!" " Is it you, Rex?" " What a lovely surprise!" "Rex was my favourite dog." "I lost him two years earlier." "Come right in!" "You've come to our dogs' paradise." "We all live happily together." "Come and meet my best friends." "He'll ignore me, of course." "Bulldog Tom - he served at the English court." "That's why he commands such respect here." "That Pekingese is a terrible chatterbox." "He's called Glu Glu." "Allow me to introduce myself..." "my name is Lord." "And I often wondered why do people put up notices saying:" ""Beware of the dog"!" "Dogs are not wicked." "We have kind hearts and become attached to people." "It is people who are sometimes wicked." "Go away, that was tactless of you." "And now please welcome out star performer..." "Susie the Poodle." "Here are some aggravations." "That try a puppy's patience." "The first is, when it gets dar, they won't let us run in the park." "The second, that water's not dry." "The third." "There's a fly in my eye." "Then there's the fact." "That cats will scratch." "That chickens are so hard to catch." "That one can't bite." "A postman's knees." "That sausages don't fall from trees." "That men can ride and dogs must run." "Alongside and not join the fun." "But just give your puppy a bone." "The aggravation, is gone." "I'll show you round our town." "We'll start with White Fang Avenue." "That greyhound, named Cora, is our pride." "He always wins the races." "That dog, Tango, eats too many meat-pies and has to be dosed with castor oil." "On the left is our Salami orchard... and on the right we have a black pudding and liver pate farm." "In front of us..." "the Three Poodles Theater, and in the square you'll see a chocolate statue of Dr. Dolittle." "We eat it up every day and put up a new one." "When there's nothing left, we know a day has passed." "Now I'll show you Tormentors' Corner." "I teased my dog by feeding it with pepper." "I pulled my dog's tail." "I threw my dog into a hole filled with lime." "Here we come to Merry Tricks Square." "That's where we have our fun-fair." "Have you noticed that there are no fleas here?" "They simply don't stand our climate." "Go on, Adam, eat!" "We've been promised some more chocolate this afternoon." "I enjoyed staying with Rex but I soon became bored." "I couldn't stand the sight of sweets." "I never liked soup but now I longed for a plateful." "I missed the Academy and often thought about Mat's secret." "Who's that?" "Mat!" "Here are instructions on how to steer your flight so that you land right by the Academy." "All the boys miss you very much." "And just then Mat brought me your letter." "You've done very well." "I'm going to reward you with a golden freckle." "Wear it faithfully and never take it off." "It's our Academy's highest decoration." "Aren't you pleased?" "What happened?" "Is anything the matter?" "When I told the boys what happened to me, they said I made up all my adventures." "Have you thought about why they said that?" "I expect they're envious, just as Philip is envious of your Academy... and resents us all being so happy." "When you came to us you were a nice, well-behaved boy." "Now you're also thoughtful and considerate." "Your parents will be pleased." "Maybe you have a wish?" "I know you want to find Mat's magic button." "That's simply a matter of your determination." "Maybe you'd like to be let into one of my secrets?" "What is there on the other side of the Academy?" "Look, my window overlooks the other side." "Through that window you can see the future." "I keep the curtains drawn because it isn't always a good thing to see ahead." "Maybe it's better to enjoy every day as it comes?" "I was happy to be with this unusual man, Mr. Blot." "Nobody suspected that at this very moment Philip, the barber..." "Come here!" "Right away." "You must always remember this moment." "Here's the germ of a new order planted by whom?" "By you?" "That's right." "By Philip, a modest hairdresser..." "Here you see a child of the electronic age." "Steered by remote control, programmed throughout." "Obedient, without any whims or fancies of his own." "A disciplined computer terminal!" "This prototype is the first step towards regimented playgrounds, nurseries and schools." "If it works, we'll be able to control every fairytale." "You won't need to dress up as a guard or a bird-catcher." "No more jokes about hairdressers!" "No more untidy mops of hair!" "Imprecise dance-steps!" "Choreography will once again become musical drill!" "We'll start with a certain long-haired band of nuisances." "If this works we'll start mass production." "What do you say?" "Only one question, how will he move?" "That's a minor detail I leave to my good friend Blot." "We'll be monitoring it all." "I have my cameras all over the Academy." "I am special, 'cause I know how to talk to my dog Joe." "I learned how to from a manual written by a clever spaniel." "When I call "Joey here!", he sits up and cocks an ear." "When I shout "Joey hop!", he is gone before I stop." "When I whisper "Joey He!", he lies down and so do I." "When I scratch him on his chin, his teeth flash in a wicked grin." "Of course he wouldn't hurt a fly." "Though sometimes he pretends to try." "Joey likes to chew my shoe." "That's what all dogs like to do." "When I started on this rhyme, he slept by me all the time." "When he woke he did a roll, that means..." "time now for a stroll." "We went out, my dog and I." "Joey made some feathers fly." "Joey barked, I did not." "We enjoyed ourselves a lot." "I'm so happy, 'cause I know how to talk to my dog Joe." "Autumn is the best season for treasure-seeking." "Don't forget to look in the park." "Go in pairs for the sake of company." "I have a prize for the one who finds the best treasure." "Adam, when you were away I found a hollow tree-trunk but I was afraid to explore it by myself." "Do you want to join me?" "This is it." " Not bad, is it?" " It looks quite ordinary." "Just listen!" "Let's go in." "OK!" "What are you waiting for?" "Today I'm just a memory, a glimpse of a far-off time." "Once I was a dream you had, when I called your whole world mine." "The world of childhood, play and thoughts, first joys and wonderful dreams." "Now when you shut your eyes in the greyness of memory among pale shadows there it is me you see." "I am your tale." "Your fairytale." "The tale of your dreams." "I can see you're from the Academy and have wandered into another story." "The tale of the sad princess." "It's a beautiful story, but it has no ending." "I've been waiting for someone to finish it for the last 100 years." "If you touch me you'll turn into frogs and stay here forever." "Do as I wish and I'll grant each of you a wish." "I'd like a key to open all doors and a whistle to take me anywhere I like." "You'll find both in that box, Antony." "I'd like the magic button of Dr. Pai-Chi-Wo." "Hurry up and you'll find it at the Academy." "That's it!" "I won't go on!" "Find yourself another hairdresser!" "I'm not going to cut your or your pupils' hair any more!" "I've had enough of your promises!" "I'll be bringing him along this week!" "The Academy was intended for students like him and not for that noisy band of pipsqueaks." "Good day Mr. Blot!" "No more free freckles!" "That's it." "Wait!" "I see the treasure-hunt was a great success." "You've found many wonderful treasures." "As a reward for searching so carefully you can keep all you found." "After supper today I'll take down our album and read you Adam's dream." "Great!" "Adam's dream." "I dreamt... that I awoke." "Today I'll take you to China." "We're off!" "Adam, save my train!" "Adam, what have you done!" "You stole a cloud!" "There'll be no more rain, wind or snow." "We'll be parched with the heat and drought!" "Winter's bringing white snow for your delight." "Now some snow we'll take and a snowman we make." "We'll make him jolly-fat, give him a pipe and hat." "Snow's falling on his head, his nose is getting red." "Winter's bringing white snow for your delight." "By eating flowers all day I'll make December May." "Adam, turn on the light, I can't see." "I feel like having a snack." "What about a thunderbolt?" "Dancing, prancing Mister Blot, we enjoy his games a lot" "Thank you." "At last I have a glass of my own." "The third eye!" "I can see the third eye!" "My third eye has come back from its trip into space." "Fancy that!" "Fantastic!" "What fantastic views!" "No one's ever seen anything like it!" "Miracles!" "Fantastic!" "I can see life on the stars!" "No-one's ever thought up a story to match it." "It'll put all other tales in the shade." "Tomorrow we'll invite the neighbours to a viewing." "Tidy up indoors and outdoors and I'll get the projector ready." "Space travel in the Academy!" "Fantastic!" "I thought a great deal about what the sad princess had said." "Something very important happened that evening." "What a storm!" "A good thing the third eye landed before the rain." "We have visitors." "That's strange." " Open the umbrella." " Just a moment!" "I thought we'd drown." "This is Adolf, a new student." "He'll be your star pupil." "He's welcome." "Please come in." "In the Academy, Adolf." "You'll have many friends and an excellent teacher." "Careful!" "He's tired." "In the rain we lost our way three times before we found the right turning." "You must be hungry." "We'll ask Mr. Blot to make you both some supper." "There's no need to bother him." "You'd better find Adolf a bed." "There's a spare one in our room." "I haven't much time so I'll be off right away." "In his clothes?" "He doesn't like being woken up." "You'd better let him sleep in his clothes." "If all goes well I'll let Mr Blot have some fresh freckles." "You'll get very fond of Adolf, just wait." " Look!" " Don't touch him!" "Go to bed!" "Good night." "I don't like it, somehow I'll find Mr. Blot." "I was suddenly terribly tempted to steal a look at Mr. Blot's secrets." "I thought the entrance was in the sick appliances room." "Hello, what brings you here?" "Philip, the Barber brought a new student." " Have you seen Mr Blot?" " He's not on the third floor." "I thought he was with you boys." "I'll go to the kitchen and you try the classroom." "Mr. Blot's worried and has been shrinking steadily." "I'm afraid he misses his fresh freckles." "Don't wake me..." "I'm having a wonderful dream." "Look, Adam..." "This boy hasn't been dreaming at all." " Did he come last night?" " Who is he?" "Look, he slept in his clothes." "It's a doll!" "You're right, Adolf's a doll." "I was always afraid of having dolls in our Academy." "But it's too late now." "He was smuggled in by a trick." "He'll cause us a lot of trouble." "We must teach him to feel, think and speak." "Perhaps I'll manage it?" "Pick him up and carry him carefully to my study." "There'll be no classes today." "Remember to tidy up for our visitors tonight." "After dinner we'll start my tale of star-dwellers." "You stay, Adam." "I'll need your help." "Here's an ointment made by Dr Pai-Chi-Wo." "Rub Adolf's hands with it until veins and arteries begin to appear." "I'll see to the heart and brain." "Microprocessors, transistors, diodes..." "A doll equipped with the most up-to-date technology." "Is that dangerous?" "Technology is neither good nor bad by itself." "It all depends what use we make of it." "We'll do our best to help this doll to feel, see and hear." "Can it exist with dignity?" "9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3," "2, 1, 0!" "It looks as if we've made it." "Where am I?" "In Mr. Blot's Academy." "Can I breathe?" "Of course." "What's your name?" "Adolf." "Give me a stick of some sort." "Here's your new fellow-student." "Is this a circus?" "Don't stand there and gape!" "I'm going to take a look in the bushes." "That's where you keep your treasures, isn't it?" "We'll soon get rid of them!" "Welcome to our story!" "Come join us, we invite you." "Our story will delight you." "Leave behind what's dreary, here no-one's ever weary." "Pinocchio comes here daily to play the ukulele and kids all get to fly in an airplane in the sky." "There's sausages and cheeses and no-one ever freezes." "And really, it's quite true telltales have nothing to do." "Come join us, we invite you, our story will delight you." "Pinocchio comes here daily to play the ukulele." "We're having lots of fun so join us if you can." "Past hillock and past hollow adventure bids us follow." "We'll seek her all together, in this fine summer weather." "A certain hen, I have heard was an awfully snobbish bird." "Good manners, she'd say is what's lacking today." "She asked friends to a meal so they'd see what's genteel." "A donkey came in and brayed and broke a vase, I'm afraid" "the hen cackled;" "Alas, it's quite plain he's an ass." "A cow came in, forlorn, broke a pane with her horn," "cried the hostess: now, now don't be a clumsy cow!" "A muddy pig came through the door, the hen was ruffled even more." "She gave an angry cry!" "My house is not a sty!" "A sheep came in late, broke a seat with his weight." "Now here, the hen said, is a proper mutton-head." "Teaching manners to swine is a sheer waste of time." "She had quite enough!" "The guests left in a huff." "Now did that hen display good manners, would you say?" "Boys, show our visitors their seats." " Please, take a seat." " Please." "Please, help yourselves." "Mr. Blot himself made all these delicacies." "Another glass, perhaps?" "This is the rainbow cocktail." "Will you drink with me?" "My dear guests!" "Beyond seven nebulae, beyond seven moons lies a planet wrapped in colorful clouds known as the Star of Hope." "My third eye flew there and what it observed you'll see for yourselves." "The flight took the whole summer." "Many-colored cosmic kites drift through space." "The third eye flew to the most interesting part of our solar system, where the collective memory of the universe is stored." "There it was given details concerning the history and position of the Star of Hope." "How interesting!" "Look, little Red Riding-hood, how lovely!" "The planet's central computer was informed and an unmanned spaceship was sent to help the third eye make a safe landing." "Star-dwellers are hospitable... but also sensible and cautious." "They learned to be careful during their war with King Chaos who set out to conquer the universe." "They put the third eye through many tests to discover what my intentions were." "When they learned that contact with another civilization might help to unite mankind the planet's protective screen was raised and above the horizon appeared the beautiful Star of Hope the story of which I'm about to relate." "What's the meaning of this Mr. Blot?" "You're giving a party without me?" "Is that why I was sent out into the park?" "What are you staring at?" "Get out before I lose my temper." "Get a move on, will you!" "Scram, you silly bird!" "Buzz off, dwarfs, or I'll jump on you." "It's my turn to have fun." "I'm the Queen of Toy-land and I order you to stop!" "Too late, my lovely, I'm no longer a subject of yours." "I'm alive now, thanks to this old idiot." "He must be regretting this now." "We must examine him!" "Out of my way, doc, or I'll break your bones." "What are you waiting for, you fat lump?" "Get out, Pinocchio, or I'll punch your nose." "Out of my way, Snow-queen, or I'll melt you." "Get out!" "That's not all!" "Your Academy's finished!" "You'll be sorry you ever started on those stories." "Sawdust, that'll remain of your Academy!" "It's a pity, my boys I won't be able to finish telling you my tale of star-dwellers." "We must put it off to another story." "It can't be helped." "It's high time we all had our supper." "Clear the room." "There's still autumn to come before winter, isn't there?" "Yes." "Cheer up!" "It rained throughout October and November." "There were no more games outdoors." "Mr. Blot became melancholic and strangely quiet." "He complained there were no butterflies." "He neglected the kitchen and forgot about our meals." "He neglected his freckles and didn't take his pills." "As a result his shock of hair grew thin and gray." "At last winter came, and with it Christmas." "On Christmas Eve Mr. Blot seemed..." ""former self again when we sat down to supper." "Boys, our tale is coming to an end." "I'll be sorry to part from you." "We spent a whole year together." "It was great fun, but nothing lasts forever." "What'll happen to us?" "You'll all go home for Christmas." "Open the gate at midnight and throw the key into the pond." "That'll be the end of our tale about my Academy." " Won't we meet again?" " In another story, maybe." "The story of my travels." "It's time for some surprises." "I've got ready some presents for you." " Do you know what you're getting?" " No." "Do you?" "The magnifying pump." "Adam Niezgódka..." "Adolf..." "Someone's inside Mr. Blot's secrets!" "Here you have old Blot's secrets!" "There'll be no carols or presents but tears and gnashing the teeth!" "Here are your silly old secrets!" "You can't read it because you don't know Chinese, so I might as well tear it up." "Go on, read it!" "The secrets will all be torn into tatters!" "You've destroyed my secrets." "For that you must be punished." "Well," "I was afraid my story would end like this." "These scrolls, Adolf destroyed, contained the knowledge passed to me by Dr. Pai-Chi-Wo." "Now there'll be no more cooking with colours... flying in the air, healing furniture, or making up magic songs and rhymes." "But luckily I've taught you some of that knowledge." "Before you unpack your presents we'll sing a carol." "So that's it, Mr. Blot?" "That's how you stick to our agreement?" "I devoted 20 years to my invention." "It was to allow me to find my way into every fairytale and destroy it from within." "But you destroyed my doll, my life's work!" "All my efforts are wasted, although I went on supplying you with freckles, in spite of the risks involved." "I'll show you what I'm capable of when I set out to take my revenge." "Just wait and see!" "I'll send this place up in smoke!" "Here's the button you were looking for." "Farewell." "If you hurry up, you'll find him in the Academy." "Hand me that button." "Are you Prince Matthew or was it all a dream?" "I'm not a prince, Adam." "I simply told you a story." "I made up the adventure of the wolf king." "And the prince, and Dr. Pai-Chi-Wo?" "In fairytales good is always victorious." "Maybe you thought this story was true..." " because it was different?" " And you... who are you?" "I wrote the story of Mr. Blot's Academy." "I wrote it because I'm very fond of children." "Some people even maintain that I myself am that strange fellow Blot." "Also starring:" "Subtitles by:" "Hilda Andrews-Rusiecka"