The Mystery of the Third Planet

The Mystery of the Third Planet
Тайна третьей планеты

DVD cover (Krupnyy Plan)
Directed by Roman Kachanov
Written by Kir Bulychov (story & screenplay)
Starring Olga Gromova
Yuri Andreyev
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Vladimir Kenigson
Vasily Livanov
Rina Zelyonaya
Music by Aleksandr Zatsepin
Edited by Nadezhda Treshcheva
Olga Vasilenko
Distributed by Soyuzmultfilm (USSR)
Jambre Pictures (U.S. 1981-1985), Touchstone Pictures (U.S. re-release, 1985)
Release dates
  • 1981 (1981) (USSR)
Running time
50 minutes (original version)
Country Soviet Union
Language Russian

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.[1]

The movie is considered a cult classic in Russia,[2] it was included in various top list of animated films[3][4] and science fiction films.[5] 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.

Plot

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.

On the third planet of the Jellyfish system Alice finds "mirrors" — the flowers which are memorable and displaying everything that occurred before them. By means of mirrors heroes find out that on the planet there are Verkhovtsev and the Merry Fellow. In attempt to fly in a safe place of "Pegas" fails in a trap. Seleznyov and Green are taken prisoner by pirates, Alice manages to run away.

On the planet the captain Buran, and with him — the real Verkhovtsev lands. Alice asks them for help. Meanwhile, the Merry Fellow threatening to murder the captives, demands from captain Kim locked in the ship, a formula of absolute fuel. Buran's invasion rescues heroes. The double Verkhovtsev, Glot, is exposed. The Merry Fellow in attempt to flight falls into clutches a bird of prey Krok. Captains and researchers quietly come back on houses.

Creators

English Russian
Director Roman Kachanov Роман Качанов
Writer Kir Bulychov (story & screenplay) Кир Булычёв
Art Director Natalya Orlova[Note 1] Наталья Орлова[Note 1]
Artists Alla Goreva
Dmitriy Kulikov
Igor Oleynikov
I. Litovskaya
Irina Svetlitsa
Victor Chuguyevskiy
V. Maksimovich
Geliy Arkadyev
Gennady Morozov
Алла Горева
Дмитрий Куликов
Игорь Олейников
И. Литовская
Ирина Светлица
Виктор Чугуевский
В. Максимович
Гелий Аркадьев
Геннадий Морозов
Animators Marina Voskanyants
Marina Rogova
Vladimir Arbekov
Vladimir Zarubin
Aleksandr Panov
Violetta Kolesnikova
Renata Mirenkova
Vladimir Shevchenko
Antonina Alyoshina
Olga Orlova
Joseph Kuroyan
Yuriy Batanin
Марина Восканьянц
Марина Рогова
Владимир Арбеков
Владимир Зарубин
Александр Панов
Виолетта Колесникова
Рената Миренкова
Владимир Шевченко
Антонина Алешина
Ольга Орлова
Иосиф Куроян
Юрий Батанин
Camera Svetlana Koshcheyeva
Teodor Bunimovich
Светлана Кощеева
Теодор Бунимович
Music Aleksandr Zatsepin Александр Зацепин
Editors Nadezhda Treshcheva
Olga Vasilenko
Надежда Трещева
Ольга Василенко
Sound Boris Filchikov Борис Фильчиков
Script Editor Natalya Abramova Наталья Абрамова
Executive Producer Ninel Lipnitskaya Нинель Липницкая
Voice Actors Olga Gromova (Alice)
Vsevolod Larionov (Seleznyov)
Vasily Livanov (Gromozeka)
Grigory Shpigel (Vesselchuck Oo)
Rina Zelyonaya (Old Lady with a cake)
Yuriy Andreyev (Prof. Verhovtsev)
Vladimir Druzhnikov (Cpt. Kim)
Vladimir Kenigson (Chatterbird)
Yuri Volyntsev (Cpt. Green)
Yelena Krasnobayeva
Roman Kachanov, Jr (Ushan on the Street)
Ольга Громова (Алиса)
Всеволод Ларионов (Селезнёв)
Василий Ливанов (Громозека)
Григорий Шпигель (Весельчак У)
Рина Зеленая (старушка с тортиком)
Юрий Андреев (профессор Верховцев)
Владимир Дружников (капитан Ким)
Владимир Кенигсон (Говорун)
Юрий Волынцев (капитан Зелёный)
Елена Краснобаева
Роман Качанов-мл.(Ушан на улице)
  1. 1 2 The actress Yekaterina Semyonova, daughter of Orlova, has said that the design of Alice was based on her and that her father served as the prototype of Captain Green.

Other company in the world

Country Company Air Date in cinema Title Dubbing
 Finland YLE
Nelonen
6 November 1982 Kolmannen planeetan arvoitus Finnish
 United States Touchstone Pictures 23 May 1987 (first version)
4 December 1998 (second version)
Alice and the mystery of the third planet (American version) English
 Estonia Tallinnfilm
Kanal 2
3 July 1987 (cinema)
5 March 2007 (Festival)
Kolmanda planeedi saladus Estonian
 Sweden TV3 (Sweden) 1 April 1998 Mysteriet med två kaptener Swedish
 Argentina Empresa Hispanoamericana de Video 4 November 1997 El misterio del tercer planeta Spanish
 Spain Telecinco
Clan TVE
1998 (Films by Jove version)
2016 (dubbing version)
El misterio del tercer planeta Spanish
 Lithuania TV3 Lithuania 14 March 2000 Trečiojo planetos paslaptis Lithuanian (voice-over)
 Italy
 San Marino
Italia 1, Rai Due (Italy)
SMRTV (San Marino)
2016 Alisa: Il Mistero della Terzo Pianeta Italian
 Latvia TV3 Latvia 14 October 2000 Alice: Sāciet piedzīvojumu (voice-over) Latvian
 Bulgaria BNT 2016 Мистерията на третата планета Bulgarian (dubbing version with subtitles)
 Poland Polsat 4 July 2001 Tajemnica Trzeciej Planety Polish
 China CCTV-6, CCTV-14 12 April 2003 第三顆行星的奧秘 Chinese (Mandarin)
 France France 3, TF1 2016 Le Mystère de la Troisième Planète French
 Czech Republic
 Slovakia
Barrandov (dubbing production)
Markíza
2016 Tajemství třetí planety
Tajomstvo tretej planéty
Czech
Slovak
 Australia Nine Network 2016 Girl from Earth (Australian version) English
 Netherlands NCRV 17 November 2004 Mysterie van de Derde Planeet Subtitled
 Belgium RTBF 2016 Le Mystère de la Troisième Planète French
 South Korea KBS 1 August 2005 3 번째 행성의 신비 Korean
 Hungary RTL Klub, A+ 31 October 2005 Misztériumát a harmadik bolygó. Hungarian
 Romania TVR2 1 January 2006 Misterul din a treia planetă Romanian
 Germany
 Austria
RTL II (Germany)
ORF (Austria)
1 March 2006 (Germany)
24 December 2006 (Austria)
Die Unterhaltung von Alice: Galaxie Medusa German
 India Imagine TV
Kushi TV
Animax (India)
Summer 2007
4 April 2015
ऐलिस यात्रा
Girl from Earth
Hindi
English
 Indonesia Indosiar 1 January 2008 Gadis dari Bumi Indonesian
 Israel Arutz HaYeladim 8 July 2008 המסתורין של כוכב לכת השלישי Hebrew
Russian (only Russian-speaking Jews in Israil)
 Macedonia
 Croatia
 Serbia
 Slovenia
MKRTV
HRT
Happy TV
POP TV
25 May 2008 Тајната на Сончевиот систем Медуза
Misterija trećeg planeta
Tajna treće planete
Skrivnost tretjega Planeta
Macedonian
Croatian
Serbian
Slovenian
 Turkey Kanal D, Show TV 1 August 2008 Üçüncü Gezegen Gizem Turkish
 Albania RTSH 1 August 2008 Misteri i planetit Tretë Albanian
 Portugal RTP 2016 Mistério da Medusa galáxia Portuguese
 Norway TV 2 24 December 2008 Alice: eventyret begynne Norwedish
 Japan Nippon Animation
Toei Animation (dubbing)
2016 第三惑星の秘密 Japanese
 Greece Star Channel 25 May 2009 Το μυστήριο του τρίτου πλανήτη Greek
Middle East MBC 3, Spacetoon 20 May 2010 (except Oman, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and Syria) سر الكوكب الثالث Arabic
 Brazil SBT 2016 O Mistério do Planeta Terceiro Portuguese (Brazilian)
 Hong Kong TVB 25 July 2010 银河公主神秘的美杜莎 Chinese (Cantonese)
 Denmark DR1 1 November 2010 Mysteriet om den tredje planet Danish
 Philippines ABS-CBN
GMA Network
8 November 2010 Ang Misteryo ng Ikatlong Planeta Tagalog
 Canada Télétoon (French)
YTV (English)
26 November 2011 (French)
13 December 2011 (English)
Le Mystère de la Deuxième Captains
The Mystery of the Two Captains
French
English
Latin America Televisa (MEX)
Telefe (Argentina)
Canal 13 (Chile)
Caracol Television (Colombia)
Frecuencia Latina (Peru)
Venevisión (Venesuela)
TV Total (Uruguay)
2016 El misterio del tercer planeta Spanish
 Ireland RTÉ 18 November 2014 Alice agus na eachtraí sa spás. Irish

FANTEDIA;; Raidio telifis elreann 28 August 2015

Home video and English adaptations

The film was adapted twice for the US market. It was first brought over as a video release in 1987, with dubbed voices. The second time, it was released in the 1990s as part of Mikhail Baryshnikov's "Stories from My Childhood" series. This series consisted of films that were bought by California-based company Films by Jove from Soyuzmultfilm for the international market. Over $1.5 million was spent by this company restoring the prints, adding new music and redubbing the films with American actors. This version of the film was named Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet and has been released on VHS as well as on a 1999 DVD collection with several other films . The film has been released on DVD several times (the latest release, which featured rather misleading cover art, was in October 2005 ). The original Russian version with English subtitles is here:

The Films by Jove version of the film has been criticized by some of those who saw the original for adding many extra dialogue lines, shortening the film, and replacing the unique synthesizer music by Alexander Zatsepin.[6]

The original film has been released on several DVD editions in Russia, including a newly restored one by Krupnyy Plan.

Awards

Games

Shootings

For Roman Kachanov as for the director, "The Mystery of the third planet" became the fourth animated film executed in technology of the traditional drawn animation. As the art director and the animator he worked more than at 30 drawn movies. However the animated films shot in stop motion (volume) animation ("The Mitten", "Gena the Crocodile", "Cheburashka", "Shapoklyak" and others) were the most known director's works of Kachanov before.

The design of characters was made by Natalya Orlova. Her daughter, the actress Ekaterina Semyonova, told that Alice in the animated film was drawn by her mother from her, and as a prototype the captain Zelyonyy was served by her father, the director Tengiz Semyonov.

Music for the movie was written by Aleksandr Zatsepin. According to Zatsepin, original records of music in his record library didn't remain.

Production of a picture proceeded 4 years.

Hire abroad

The animated film was twice duplicated in the USA. The first dubbing-in ("Mystery of the Third Planet") was let out on video in 1987. Alice name was changed to Christine and overall translation had little in common with the original. Consequently this legally-sourced version is often mistaken for a bootlegged edition.

The second dubbing-in ("Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet") was released in the 1990th years by the Films by Jove company. In this version the translation is much closer to the original though the large number of the remarks which are absent in the original is also added. Besides, in this version the soundtrack and a video series is completely replaced underwent reductions — about 6 minutes are cut out from the animated film in total. Kirsten Dunst was the voice of Alice, and James Belushi — the Chatterer.

"Alice and the Mystery of the Third Planet" was let out not only in English, but also in other languages, in particular in Spanish and French.

See also

References

Games

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