The Secret of the Third Planet
Тайна третьей планеты (1981)
Production
Director
Scenario
Kir Bulychyov
Author
Composer
Aleksandr Zatsepin
Producer
Ninel Lipnitskaya
Actors
Olga Gromova
Alisa Seleznyova (voice)
Vsevolod Larionov
Pr. Seleznev / Сhatterer (voice)
Yuri Volyntsev
Captain Zelyony (voice)
Vasiliy Livanov
Gromozeka (voice)
Grigoriy Shpigel
Jollier Oo (voice)
Igor Yasulovich
Earer (voice)
Vladimir Druzhnikov
Captain Kim (voice)
Vladimir Kenigson
Robot at Shelezyaka Planet (voice)
Short description
At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zelyony go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Сhatterer [Govorun] that our heroes accidentally took possession of.
What's left behind the scenes
- It was only because Roman Kachanov was a star at 'Soyuzmultfilm' and the author of a series of cartoons about Cheburashka that he was allowed to make a feature-length animated film. For an ordinary director, this would have been practically impossible.
- The production of the film lasted 4 years.
- Artist Natalia Orlova drew Alice Selezneva based on her daughter – the future famous actress Ekaterina Semenova.
- 'The Mystery of the Third Planet' was sold for foreign distribution and had a good success there. In the USA, Alice was voiced by Kirsten Dunst, and Gluv was voiced by James Belushi.
- Artist Natalia Orlova lived in the same apartment building as Kir Bulychev, and the writer served as the prototype for the character of Captain Green.
- A film adaptation of Kir Bulychev's story 'Alice's Journey' ('Alice and Three Captains') from the 'Alice's Adventures' cycle.
- Only after 'The Mystery of the Third Planet' was released did the Institute of Oriental Studies discover who was hiding behind the pseudonym Kir Bulychev. Having published his first story in 1961, the writer feared for over twenty years that he might be fired for such an unserious pursuit for a research fellow.
- Sixteen years after the cartoon was released, Kir Bulychev wrote a story of the same name for younger children, which he published in 1997.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
