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The Secret of the Third Planet is a russe film of genre Science fiction directed by Roman Katchanov with Vladimir Droujnikov
The Secret of the Third Planet (1981)
Тайна третьей планеты
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Add to a movie listLength 48minutes
Directed by Roman Katchanov
OriginRussie
Themes Space adventure films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Space opera
Rating77%
The Mystery of the Third Planet (Russian: Тайна третьей планеты, Tayna tretyey planety), aka The Secret of the Third Planet is a 1981 Soviet traditionally animated feature film directed by Roman Kachanov and produced by the Soyuzmultfilm studio in Moscow. It is based on a children's science fiction novella "Alice's Travel" by Kir Bulychov, from Alisa (Alice) Selezneva book series.
The movie is considered a cult classic in Russia, it was included in various top list of animated films and science fiction films. A shortened novelisation of the film was written by Bulychov himself, a diafilm and a number of video games were based on The Mystery of the Third Planet, and spiritual successor film Alice's Birthday was released in 2009.
Synopsis
As part of an expedition from Earth on the ship "Pegas", Captain Zelyonyy, Professor Seleznyov and his daughter Alice Selezneva search for new animal species for Moscow Zoo. On the advice of the archeologist Gromozeka they look for with the help of doctor Verkhovtsev, the director of the museum of Two Captains, but the doctor behaves suspiciously: doesn't show them diaries of captains and starts spying on the expedition. On the planet Blukthey make some valuable purchases, among them a Chatterer — the bird belonging to the missing captain Kim. A suspicious fat man, Merry Fellow U, tries to steal a bird. Having listened to the speech of the Chatterer, the crew of "Pegas" heads for system of the Jellyfish. On the road heroes rescue robots of the planet of Shelezyak from diamond dust, admixed in greasing.Actors
Vladimir Droujnikov
(Captain Kim (voice))
Vassili Livanov
(Gromozeka (voice))
Vsevolod Larionov
(Pr. Seleznev / Сhatterer (voice))
Rina Zelionaïa
(Old Lady at the Spaceport (voice) (uncredited))
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