Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1955 movie with subtitles
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Level 1
Once upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame of the window was made of black ebony.
And whilst she was sewing and looking out of the window at the snow,
she pricked her finger with the needle, and three drops of blood fell upon the snow.
And the red looked pretty upon the white snow, and she thought to herself,
"Would that I had a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood of the window-frame."
Soon after that she had a little daughter, who was as white as snow, and as red as blood,and her hair was as black as ebony; and she was therefore called Little Snow-white.
. And when the child was born, the Queen died.
After a year had passed the King took to himself another wife.
She was a beautiful woman,but proud and haughty, and she could not bear that anyone else should surpass her in beauty.
She had a wonderful looking-glass, and when she stood in front of it and looked at herself in it, and said "Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"the looking-glass answered.
"Thou, O Queen, art the fairest of all!"
Then she was satisfied, for she knew that the looking-glass spoke the truth.
But Snow-white was growing up, and grew more and more beautiful; and when she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the Queen herself.
And once when the Queen asked her looking-glass "Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall, Who in this land is the fairest of all?"it answered.
."Thou art fairer than all who are here, Lady Queen."
But more beautiful still is Snow-white, as I ween."
Then the Queen was shocked, and turned yellow and green with envy.
From that hour, whenever she looked at Snow-white, her heart heaved in her breast,she hated the girl so much.
And envy and pride grew higher and higher in her heart like a weed, so that she had no peace day or night.
She called a huntsman, and said, "Take the child away into the forest;
I will no longer have her in my sight. Kill her, and bring me back her heart as a token."
The huntsman obeyed, and took her away; but when he had drawn his knife,
and was about to pierce Snow-white's innocent heart, she began to weep, and said,
"Ah dear huntsman, leave me my life! I will run away into the wild forest, and never come home again."
And as she was so beautiful the huntsman had pity on her and said,
"Run away, then, you poor child." "The wild beasts will soon have devoured you,"
thought he, and yet it seemed as if a stone had been rolled from his heart since
it was no longer needful for him to kill her.
And as a young boar just then came running by he stabbed it, and cut out its heart and took it to the Queen as proof that the child was dead. The cook had to salt this, and the wicked Queen ate it, and thought she had eaten the heart of Snow-white.
But now the poor child was all alone in the great forest, and so terrified that she looked at every leaf of every tree, and did not know what to do. Then she began to run, and ran over sharp stones and through thorns, and the wild beasts ran past her, but did her no harm.
She ran as long as her feet would go until it was almost evening; then she saw
a little cottage and went into it to rest herself. Everything in the cottage was small, but neater and cleaner than can be told. There was a table on which was a white cover, and seven little plates,and on each plate a little spoon; moreover, there were seven little knives and forks,and seven little mugs.
Against the wall stood seven little beds side by side, and covered with snow-white counterpanes.
Little Snow-white was so hungry and thirsty that she ate some vegetables and bread from each plate and drank a drop of wine out of each mug, for she did not wish to take all from one only.
Then, as she was so tired, she laid herself down on one of the little beds, but none of them suited her; one was too long, another too short, but at last she found that the seventh one was right, and so she remained in it, said a prayer and went to sleep.
When it was quite dark the owners of the cottage came back; they were seven dwarfs who dug and delved in the mountains for ore. They lit their seven candles, and as it was now light within the cottage they saw that someone had been there, for everything was not in the same order in which they had left it.
The first said, "Who has been sitting on my chair?"
The second, "Who has been eating off my plate?"
The third, "Who has been taking some of my bread?"
The fourth, "Who has been eating my vegetables?"
The fifth, "Who has been using my fork?"
The sixth, "Who has been cutting with my knife?"
The seventh, "Who has been drinking out of my mug?"
Then the first looked round and saw that there was a little hole on his bed, and he said,"Who has been getting into my bed?""Somebody has been lying in my bed too." The others came up and each called out,
But the seventh when he looked at his bed saw little Snow-white, who was lying asleep therein. And he called the others, who came running up, and they cried out with astonishment, and brought their seven little candles and et the light fall on little Snow-white. "Oh, heavens! oh, heavens!" cried they,
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"what a lovely child!" and they were so glad that they did not wake her up, but let her sleep on in the bed. And the seventh dwarf slept with his companions, one hour with each, and so got through the night.
When it was morning little Snow-white awoke, and was frightened when she saw the seven dwarfs. But they were friendly and asked her what her name was.
"My name is Snow-white," she answered.
"How have you come to our house?" said the dwarfs. Then she told them that her step-mother had wished to have her killed, but that the huntsman had spared her life, and that she had run for the whole day, until at last she had found their dwelling.
The dwarfs said, "If you will take care of our house, cook, make the beds, wash, sew, and knit, and if you will keep everything neat and clean, you can stay with us and you shall want for nothing." "Yes," said Snow-white, "with all my heart," and she stayed with them.
She kept the house in order for them; in the mornings they went to the mountains and looked for copper and gold, in the evenings they came back, and then their supper had to be ready. The girl was alone the whole day, so the good dwarfs warned her and said, "Beware of your step-mother, she will soon know that you are here; be sure to let no one come in."
But the Queen, believing that she had eaten Snow-white's heart, could not but think that she was again the first and most beautiful of all; and she went to her looking-glass and said "Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"and the glass answered
"Oh, Queen, thou art fairest of all I see,
But over the hills, where the seven dwarfs dwell,
Snow-white is still alive and well,
And none is so fair as she."
Then she was astounded, for she knew that the looking-glass never spoke falsely, and she knew that the huntsman had betrayed her, and that little Snow-white was still alive.
And so she thought and thought again how she might kill her, for so long as she was not he fairest in the whole land, envy let her have no rest.
And when she had at last thought of something to do, she painted her face, and dressed herself like an old pedler-woman, and no one could have known her. In this disguise she went over the seven mountains to the seven dwarfs, and knocked at the door and cried,
"Pretty things to sell, very cheap, very cheap." Little Snow-white looked out of the window and called out, "Good-day my good woman, what have you to sell?" "Good things, pretty things," she answered; "stay-laces of all colours," and she pulled out one which was woven of bright-coloured silk.
"I may let the worthy old woman in," thought Snow-white, and she unbolted the door and bought the pretty laces. "Child," said the old woman, "what a fright you look; come,I will lace you properly for once."
Snow-white had no suspicion, but stood before her, and let herself be laced with the new laces. But the old woman laced so quickly and so tightly that Snow-white lost her breath and fell down as if dead. "Now I am the most beautiful," said the Queen to herself, and ran away.
Not long afterwards, in the evening, the seven dwarfs came home, but how shocked they were when they saw their dear little Snow-white lying on the ground, and that she neither stirred nor moved, and seemed to be dead. They lifted her up, and, as they saw that she was laced too tightly, they cut the laces; then she began to breathe a little, and after a while came to life again.
When the dwarfs heard what had happened they said,
"The old pedler-woman was no
one else than the wicked Queen;
take care and let no one come in when we are not with you."
But the wicked woman when she had reached home went in front of the glass and asked.
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
and it answered as before
"Oh, Queen, thou art fairest of all I see,
But over the hills, where the seven dwarfs dwell,
Snow-white is still alive and well,
And none is so fair as she."
When she heard that, all her blood rushed to her heart with fear, for she saw plainly that little Snow-white was again alive. "But now," she said, "I will think of something that shall put an end to you," and by the help of witchcraft, which she understood, she made a poisonous comb. Then she disguised herself and took the shape of another old woman.
So she went over the seven mountains to the seven dwarfs, knocked at the door, and cried, "Good things to sell, cheap, cheap!" Little Snow-white looked out and said,
"Go away; I cannot let any one come in." "I suppose you can look," said the old woman, and pulled the poisonous comb out and held it up. It pleased the girl so well that she let herself be beguiled, and opened the door. When they had made a bargain the old woman said,
"Now I will comb you properly for once." Poor little Snow-white had no suspicion, and let the old woman do as she pleased, but hardly had she put the comb in her hair than the poison in it took effect, and the girl fell down senseless.
"You paragon of beauty," said the wicked woman, "you are done for now," and she went away.
But fortunately it was almost evening, when the seven dwarfs came home. When they saw Snow-white lying as if dead upon the ground they at once suspected the step-mother, and they looked and found the poisoned comb. Scarcely had they taken it out when Snow-white came to herself, and told them what had happened. Then they warned her once more to be upon her guard and to open the door to no one.
The Queen, at home, went in front of the glass and said
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
then it answered as before
"Oh, Queen, thou art fairest of all I see,
But over the hills, where the seven dwarfs dwell,
Snow-white is still alive and well,
And none is so fair as she."
When she heard the glass speak thus she trembled and shook with rage.
"Snow-white shall die," she cried, "even if it costs me my life!"
Thereupon she went into a quite secret, lonely room, where no one ever came, and there she made a very poisonous apple.
Outside it looked pretty, white with a red cheek,so that everyone who saw it longed for it; but whoever ate a piece of it must surely die.
When the apple was ready she painted her face, and dressed herself up as a country-woman, and so she went over the seven mountains to the seven dwarfs. She knocked at the door. Snow-white put her head out of the window and said, "I cannot let any one in; the seven dwarfs have forbidden me." "It is all the same to me," answered the woman,
"I shall soon get rid of my apples. There, I will give you one."
"No," said Snow-white, "I dare not take anything." "Are you afraid of poison?" said the old woman; "look, I will cut the apple in two pieces; you eat the red cheek, and I will eat the white." The apple was so cunningly made that only the red cheek was poisoned. Snow-white longed for the fine apple, and when she saw that the woman ate part of it she could resist no longer, and stretched out her hand and took the poisonous half.
But hardly had she a bit of it in her mouth than she fell down dead. Then the Queen looked at her with a dreadful look, and laughed aloud and said, "White as snow, red as blood, black as ebony-wood! this time the dwarfs cannot wake you up again."
And when she asked of the Looking-glass at home
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
it answered at last
"Oh, Queen, in this land thou art fairest of all."
Then her envious heart had rest, so far as an envious heart can have rest.
The dwarfs, when they came home in the evening, found Snow-white lying upon the ground; she breathed no longer and was dead. They lifted her up, looked to see whether they could find anything poisonous, unlaced her, combed her hair, washed her with water and wine, but it was all of no use; the poor child was dead, and remained dead. They laid her upon a bier, and all seven of them sat round it and wept for her, and wept three days long.
Then they were going to bury her, but she still looked as if she were living, and still had her pretty red cheeks. They said, "We could not bury her in the dark ground," and they had a transparent coffin of glass made, so that she could be seen from all sides, and they laid her in it, and wrote her name upon it in golden letters, and that she was a king's daughter. Then they put the coffin out upon the mountain, and one of them always stayed by it and watched it. And birds came too, and wept for Snow-white; first an owl, then a raven, and last a dove.
And now Snow-white lay a long, long time in the coffin, and she did not change, but looked as if she were asleep; for she was as white as snow, as red as blood, and her hair was as black as ebony.
It happened, however, that a king's son came into the forest, and went to the dwarfs' house to spend the night. He saw the coffin on the mountain, and the beautiful Snow-white within it, and read what was written upon it in golden letters. Then he said to the dwarfs, "Let me have the coffin, I will give you whatever you want for it."
But the dwarfs answered, "We will not part with it for all the gold in the world." Then he said, "Let me have it as a gift, for I cannot live without seeing Snow-white. I will honour and prize her as my dearest possession." As he spoke in this way the good dwarfs took pity upon him, and gave him the coffin.
And now the King's son had it carried away by his servants on their shoulders.
And it happened that they stumbled over a tree-stump, and with the shock the poisonous piece of apple which Snow-white had bitten off came out of her throat. And before long she opened her eyes, lifted up the lid of the coffin, sat up, and was once more alive.
"Oh, heavens, where am I?" she cried. The King's son, full of joy, said, "You are with me,"and told her what had happened, and said, "I love you more than everything in the world; come with me to my father's palace, you shall be my wife."
And Snow-white was willing, and went with him, and their wedding was held with great show and splendour. But Snow-white's wicked step-mother was also bidden to the feast.
When she had arrayed herself in beautiful clothes she went before the Looking-glass,and said.
"Looking-glass, Looking-glass, on the wall,
Who in this land is the fairest of all?"
the glass answered.
"Oh, Queen, of all here the fairest art thou,
But the young Queen is fairer by far as I trow."
Then the wicked woman uttered a curse, and was so wretched, so utterly wretched, that she knew not what to do. At first she would not go to the wedding at all, but she had no peace, and must go to see the young Queen. And when she went in she knew Snow-white; and she stood still with rage and fear, and could not stir. But iron slippers had already been put upon the fire, and they were brought in with tongs, and set before her. Then she was forced to put on the red-hot shoes, and dance until she dropped down dead.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Once upon a time in a great castle, a Prince's daughter grew up happy and
contented, in spite of a jealous stepmother.
She was very pretty, with blue eyes and long black hair.
Her skin was delicate and fair, and so she was called Snow White.
Everyone was quite sure she would become very beautiful.
Though her stepmother was a wicked woman, she too was very beautiful, and the magic mirror told her this every day, whenever she asked it.
"Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the loveliest lady in the land?"
The reply was always; "You are, your Majesty," until the dreadful day when she heard it say, "Snow White is the loveliest in the land." The stepmother was furious and, wild with jealousy, began plotting to get rid of her rival.
Calling one of her trusty servants, she bribed him with a rich reward to take Snow White into the forest, far away from the Castle.
Then, unseen, he was to put her to death.
The greedy servant, attracted to the reward, agreed to do this deed, and he led the innocent little girl away.
However, when they came to the fatal spot, the man's courage failed him and, leaving Snow White sitting beside a tree, he mumbled an excuse and ran off. Snow White was all alone in the forest.
Night came, but the servant did not return.
Snow White, alone in the dark forest, began to cry bitterly.
She thought she could feel terrible eyes spying on her, and she heard strange sounds and rustlings that made her heart thump.
At last, overcome by tiredness, she fell asleep curled under a tree.
Snow White slept fitfully, wakening from time to time with a start and staring into the darkness round her.
Several times, she thought she felt something, or somebody touch her as she slept.
At last, dawn woke the forest to the song of the birds, and Snow White too, awoke.
A whole world was stirring to life and the little girl was glad to see how silly her fears had been.
However, the thick trees were like a wall round her, and as she tried to find out where she was, she came upon a path.
She walked along it, hopefully. On she walked till she came to a clearing.
There stood a strange cottage, with a tiny door, tiny windows and a tiny chimney pot. Everything about the cottage was much tinier than it ought to be. Snow White pushed the door open.
"I wonder who lives here?" she said to herself, peeping round the kitchen. "What tiny plates! And spoons! There must be seven of them, the table's laid for seven people.
" Upstairs was a bedroom with seven neat little beds.
Going back to the kitchen, Snow White had an idea.
"I'll make them something to eat. When they come home, they'll be glad to find a meal ready." Towards dusk, seven tiny men marched homewards singing.
But when they opened the door, to their surprise they found a bowl of hot steaming soup on the table, and the whole house spick and span.
Upstairs was Snow White, fast asleep on one of the beds. The chief dwarf prodded her gently.
"Who are you?" he asked.
Snow White told them her sad story, and tears sprang to the dwarfs' eyes.
Then one of them said, as he noisily blew his nose:
"Stay here with us!"
"Hooray! Hooray!" they cheered, dancing joyfully round the little girl.
The dwarfs said to Snow White:
"You can live here and tend to the house while we're down the mine.
Don't worry about your stepmother leaving you in the forest.
We love you and we'll take care of you!"
Snow White gratefully accepted their hospitality, and next morning the dwarfs set off for work. But they warned Snow White not to open the door to strangers.
Meanwhile, the servant had returned to the castle, with the heart of a roe deer.
He gave it to the cruel stepmother, telling her it belonged to Snow White, so that he could claim the reward.
Highly pleased, the stepmother turned again to the magic mirror.
But her hopes were dashed, for the mirror replied:
"The loveliest in the land is still Snow White, who lives in the seven dwarfs' cottage, down in the forest." The stepmother was beside herself with rage.
"She must die! She must die!" she screamed. Disguising herself as an old peasant woman, she put a poisoned apple with the others in her basket.
Then, taking the quickest way into the forest, she crossed the swamp at the edge of the trees. She reached the bank unseen, just as Snow White stood waving goodbye to the seven dwarfs on their way to the mine.
Snow White was in the kitchen when she heard the sound at the door:
KNOCK! KNOCK!
"Who's there?" she called suspiciously, remembering the dwarfs advice.
"I'm an old peasant woman selling apples," came the reply.
"I don't need any apples, thank you," she replied.
"But they are beautiful apples and ever so juicy!" said the velvety voice from outside the door.
"I'm not supposed to open the door to anyone," said the little girl,
who was reluctant to disobey her friends.
"And quite right too! Good girl!
If you promised not to open up to strangers, then of course you can't buy.
You are a good girl indeed!" Then the old woman went on.
"And as a reward for being good, I'm going to make you a gift of one of my apples!"
Without a further thought, Snow White opened the door just a tiny crack, to take the apple."There! Now isn't that a nice apple?"
Snow White bit into the fruit, and as she did, fell to the ground in a faint: the effect of the terrible poison left her lifeless instantaneously.
Now chuckling evilly, the wicked stepmother hurried off.
But as she ran back across the swamp, she tripped and fell into the quicksand.
No one heard her cries for help, and she disappeared without a trace.
Meanwhile, the dwarfs came out of the mine to find the sky had grown dark and stormy.
Loud thunder echoed through the valleys and streaks of lightning ripped the sky.
Worried about Snow White they ran as quickly as they could down the mountain to the cottage.
There they found Snow White, lying still and lifeless, the poisoned apple by her side.
They did their best to bring her around, but it was no use.
They wept and wept for a long time.
Then they laid her on a bed of rose petals, carried her into the forest and put her in a crystal coffin.
Each day they laid a flower there.
Then one evening, they discovered a strange young man admiring Snow White's lovely face through the glass.
After listening to the story, the Prince made a suggestion.
"If you allow me to take her to the Castle, I'll call in famous doctors to waken her from this peculiar sleep.
She's so lovely I'd love to kiss her!"
He did, and as though by magic, the Prince's kiss broke the spell.
To everyone's astonishment, Snow White opened her eyes.
She had amazingly come back to life!
Now in love, the Prince asked Snow White to marry him, and the dwarfs reluctantly had to say good bye to Snow White.
From that day on, Snow White lived happily in a great castle.
But from time to time, she was drawn back to visit the little cottage down in the forest.
Snow White - The Brothers Grimm - all movie with subtitles
Sněhurka a sedm trpaslíků cz
Žila jednou jedna krásná dívka jménem Sněhurka. Bohužel jí umřela maminka ještě když byla malá, ale tatínek neotálel a zanedlouho se znovu oženil. Sněhurčina nová macecha byla sice krásná, ale zlá. Neustále se jen strojila, fintila, líčila a dívala se do svého podivného zrcadla, které mluvilo. Pokaždé když se v něm prohlížela, pyšně se ho zeptala: „Pověz mi zrcadlo, kdo je v celém království nejkrásnější?“A zrcadlo vždy odpovědělo: „Vy paní má, vy jste ze všech nejkrásnější.“ A královna byla spokojená.
Jenže Sněhurka rostla a den ode dne byla krásnější. Až jednou, když se opět ptala královna zrcadla, odpovědělo, že nejkrásnější na světě je Sněhurka.
To královnu tuze rozzlobilo a nechala si zavolat myslivce, kterému poručila: „Odvedeš Sněhurku do lesa, tam ji zabiješ a na důkaz, že si tak provedl, mi v téhle truhle přineseš její srdce“.
Myslivec učinil, jak mu královna rozkázala a Sněhurku odvedl do lesa, avšak ji zabít nedokázal. Dívku nechal v lese a místo ní donesl královně srdce mladé srnky. Královna nepoznala rozdíl a byla spokojená.
Sněhurka bloudila tmavým lesem až najednou narazila na malou chaloupku. Zaťukala, ale nikdo neotevíral, tak se odvážila vstoupit dovnitř. Okénkem dopadalo světlo na dlouhý stůl, na němž bylo prostřeno sedm mističek, sedm lžiček a k němu bylo přisunutých sedm židliček. Sněhurka byla natolik vyčerpaná a hladová, že se nejdříve trochu najedla. Poté se natáhla přes všech sedm postýlek a usnula.
Hodiny utíkaly, když tu se sedm trpaslíků vrátilo domů z práce. Do světničky postupně vcházeli: Prófa, Štístko, Kejchal, Stydlín, Dřímal, Rejpal a Šmudla. Zjistili, že jim někdo spí v postýlce. V úžasu se skláněli nad spící dívkou.
Ten nejmladší a nejmenší zvaný Šmudla vzdychnul: „Božínku, ta je krásná.“
Ráno převyprávěla Sněhurka trpaslíkům svůj příběh. Nejedna slzička se zatřpytila v trpasličím oku. Šmudla popotahoval. Nejmoudřejší trpaslík jménem Prófa promluvil i za ostatní a Sněhurce nabídl úkryt před zlou královnou.
Sněhurce se v chaloupce žilo hezky. Trpaslíci si Sněhurku velmi oblíbili. Vařila jim, uklízela a vždy pro ně měla přívětivé slovo. Trpaslíci každý den ráno chodili do práce a Sněhurku vždy varovali: „Nikomu neotevírej a dávej na sebe pozor.“
Takhle by si mohli všichni žít v chaloupce šťastně po dlouhý čas, ale jednoho dne opět kouzelné zrcadlo prozradilo královně, že na světě je nejkrásnější Sněhurka.
Královna se velmi hněvala. Nejdřív tomu ani nechtěla uvěřit. Pak si nechala zavolat myslivce a donutila ho, aby jí řekl celou pravdu. Královna se úkolu zhostila sama a odebrala se do sklepení pod zámkem. Uvařila silně jedovatý lektvar, do kterého namočila jablko. Přestrojila se za starou a ošklivou stařenu a sama se vypravila do chaloupky za Sněhurkou.
Zaťukala na dveře. „Dobrý den, prodávám jablíčka, nechcete nějaká koupit?“
Sněhurka sice jablíčka nechtěla, ale bylo jí líto stařenky, a tak ji vpustila dál. „Dám ti jedno jablíčko, když si tak hodná dívenka“, pravila stařena a podala ji to nejčervenější.
Sněhurka netušila, že je otrávené, kousla do něho, ale v tu chvíli se jí zatočila hlava a padla v bezvědomí na zem. Později ji našli trpaslíci a byli z toho velmi smutní. Oplakávali ji a aby se na ni mohli chodit dívat na její krásnou tvář, uložili ji do křišťálové rakve na louce za chaloupkou.
Jednoho dne jel kolem chaloupky princ, který si všiml křišťálové rakve. Přijel k ní blíže, když spatřil Sněhurku, velice se mu zalíbila. Přistoupil k rakvi a sklonil se k ní. Poté ji políbil. V tu chvíli se Sněhurka nadechla a znovu ožila.
Princ ji zachránil! Trpaslíci, Sněhurka i princ se radovali, že všechno dobře dopadlo. Nedlouho na to byla svatba a od té doby je Sněhurka se svým princem a čas od času spolu navštěvují všech sedm trpaslíků v malé chaloupce.
A královna? Ta byla po zásluze potrestána tím nejhorším trestem pro ni. Navždy jí zůstala podoba staré čarodějnice.
