The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda

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The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda (1940)

Name: The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda
Genre: Animation
Released: 1940
Duration: 22 min

Directed by Panteleymon Sazonov

Animation · 22m

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.