The Mystery of the Third Planet
| The Mystery of the Third Planet Тайна третьей планеты |
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 DVD cover (Krupnyy Plan) |
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| Directed by | Roman Kachanov |
| Written by | Kir Bulychyov (story & screenplay) |
| Starring | Olga Gromova Yuri Andreyev Vladimir Druzhnikov Vladimir Kenigson Vasily Livanov Rina Zelyonaya |
| Music by | Aleksandr Zatsepin |
| Editing by | Nadezhda Treshcheva Olga Vasilenko |
| Distributed by |  Soyuzmultfilm Jambre Pictures (1981-1985), Touchstone Pictures (re-release, 1985) Nippon Animation |
| Release date(s) | 1981 (USSR), 1995-2019 (Asia), 1982-2015 (Europe) |
| Running time | 50 min 6 sec (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 one of a series of stories by well-known writer Kir Bulychyov about Alisa (Alice) Seleznyova, a young girl living in the second half of the 22nd century in a communist society (though no aspects of communism are mentioned or shown in the film).
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[edit] Plot
On June 2, 2181, Alice, her father Professor Seleznyov and Captain Green go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way, they visit many planets, meet many interesting denizens of the cosmos (such as a flying cow and a chatterbird) and accidentally uncover and become caught up in a criminal conspiracy.
[edit] Creators
| English | Russian | |
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| Director | Roman Kachanov | Роман Качанов |
| Writer | Kir Bulychyov (story & screenplay) | Кир Булычёв |
| Script Editor | Natalya Abramova | Наталья Абрамова |
| 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 Operators | Svetlana Koshcheyeva Teodor Bunimovich |
Светлана Кощеева Теодор Бунимович |
| Composer | Aleksandr Zatsepin | Александр Зацепин |
| Sound Operator | Boris Filchikov | Борис Фильчиков |
| 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) Yuriy 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) |
- ^ a b 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.
[edit] 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 [1]. The film has been released on DVD several times (the latest release, which featured rather misleading cover art, was in October 2005 [2]), but there is currently no version which preserves the original Russian voices and music and also has English subtitles. 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.[3]
The original film has been released on several DVD editions in Russia, including a newly-restored one by Krupnyy Plan.
[edit] Titles names in dubbed version
| Language | Title |
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| Russian | Тайна третьей планеты |
| English | Mystery of the Third Planet |
| Japanese | 宇宙少女アリス |
| Korean | 우주 소녀 앨리스 |
| Thai | ความลึกลับของโลกที่สาม |
| French | Mystère de la troisième planète |
| Spainsh | Misterio del tercer planeta |
| Italian | Mistero del terzo pianeta |
| Finnish | Arvoitus kolmas planeetta |
| Swedish | Mysteriet med den tredje planeten |
| Norwedish | Mysterium den tredje planeten |
| Arabic | سر الكوكب الثالث |
| Mandarian | 第三颗行星之谜 |
| Catsonese | 第三顆行星之謎 |
| Kannada | ಮೂರನೇ ಪ್ಲಾನೆಟ್ ಆಫ್ ಮಿಸ್ಟರಿ |
| Hindi | तीसरा ग्रह के रहस्य |
| Telugu | మూడో ప్లానెట్ ఆఫ్ మిస్టరీ |
| Bengali | তৃতীয় গ্রহ এর রহস্য |
| Tamil | மூன்றாவது கிரகத்தின் மர்மம் |
| Gujarati | ત્રીજા પ્લેનેટ ઓફ મિસ્ટ્રી |
| Tagalog | Misteryo ng ng Ikatlong Planeta |
| Polish | Tajemnica Trzeciego Planeta |
| Malayalam | Alisa, Girl from 30th century |
| Marathi | Girl from Earth |
| Oriya | Space Girl Alice |
| Bulgarian | Мистерията на третата планета |
| Portuguese | Mistério do Planeta Terceiro |
| German | Das Abenteuer of Alice |
| Greek | Μυστήριο της Τρίτης Κόσμου. |
| Romanian | Misterul din a treia planeta |
| Hungarian | Rejtély a harmadik bolygó |
| Czech | Tajemství třetí planety |
| Slovakian | Tajomstvo tretej planéty |
| Slovenian | Skrivnost Tretjega Sveta. |
| Urdu | تیسرا سیارہ کے اسرار |
| Malaysian | Misteri dunia Ketiga. |
| Indonesian | Misteri dunia Ketiga. |
| Dutch | Mysterie van de derde planeet |
| Turkish | Üçüncü dünya Gizemi. |
| Hebrew | תעלומת הכוכב השלישי |
| Icelandic | Leyndardóm þriðja plánetu |
| Azerbaijani | Sirr Üçüncü dünyanın |
| Lithuanian | Trečioji planeta Paslaptis |
| Latvian | Noslēpums Trešais Planēta |
| Estonian | Kolmanda planeedi saladus |
| Albanian | Misterin e të Tretë Planetit. |
| Armenian | Առեղծվածը երրորդ մոլորակ |
| Georgian | მესამე პლანეტის საიდუმლო |
| Macedonian | Таjната на Третиот планетата |
[edit] Actor voice
[edit] Company & Channels
[edit] Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Secret Ambition (dubbing version)" | Nana Mizuki | 4:24 |
| 2. | "Hikari no Kattou (scene in space)" | Ono Daisuke | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Hikari no Naka e (anime version)" | Ships (band) | 4:12 |
| 4. | "Sekai de Ichiban Hayaku Asa ga kuru Basho (dubbing, anime version)" | Asumi Nakata | 4:07 |
| 5. | "太空冒险" | 蔡依林 | 3:40 |
| 6. | "我爱的空间" | 蔡依林 | 4:10 |
| 7. | "अंतरिक्ष लड़की एलिसा" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 5:00 |
| 8. | "Choo Le Na (scene in Bluk)" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 3:55 |
| 9. | "My Heart" | Sunidhi Chauhan | 4:00 |
| 10. | "Tutta la magia del cuore (new version)" | Elisa Rosselli | 2:59 |
| 11. | "Spazie Ragazzie (old version)" | Cristina D'Aventura | 3:25 |
| 12. | "Magia Rai" | Elisa Rosselli | 4:12 |
| 13. | "Le espace (old version)" | Patricia Kaas (old version) | 4:35 |
| 14. | "Sans contrefacon (new version)" | Mylene Farmer (new version) | 3:52 |
| 15. | "Hi-fai" | Patricia Kaas (old version) | 4:45 |
| 16. | "Brother Louie" | Modern Talking | 3:43 |
| 17. | "Chery Chery Lady (scene in Bluk)" | Modern Talking | 3:44 |
| 18. | "Around the Heart (scene in Shelezyaka)" | Sandra (singer) | 3:19 |
| 19. | "Evelestic Love" | Sandra | 3:41 |
| 20. | "Космическая команда" | Ani Lorak | 4:20 |
| 21. | "Emancipation (scene in space)" | Nu Virgos | 3:56 |
| 22. | "Never Forget (scene in Shelezyaka)" | Lena Katina | 3:32 |
| 23. | "Твой или ничей (scene in Bluk)" | BiS | 3:24 |
| 24. | "День без тебя (scene in trap in the Third Planet)" | Nu Virgos | 3:36 |
| 25. | "Не дано (scene in the Third Planet before flight home)" | Hi-fi (group) | 3:39 |
| 26. | "Там, где я" | Alsou | 4:07 |
| 27. | "Space" | Justin Bieber | 4:12 |
| 28. | "Baby" | Justin Bieber | 3:36 |
| 29. | "Pray" | Justin Bieber | 3:47 |
| 30. | "Розовый закат" | Kamaliya | 4:36 |
| 31. | "Космический поцелуй" | Alina Grosu | 4:00 |
| 32. | "Космос" | Anna Sedokova | 3:10 |
[edit] Games
- In 1990 an arcade platform game was made by the company Bandai based on the film and made in Famicom Disk System and Nintendo Entertainment System, called "Uchuu Ryokou Arisu"
- In 2005 an arcade platform game was made by the company Akella based on the film, called "Alice's Space Adventure".
- An adventure game was released in the same year called "Alice's Journey", also produced by Akella (but developed by "Step Creative Group").
[edit] See also
- Guest from the Future
- History of Russian animation
- List of animated feature films
- Alice's Birthday, a 2009 animated film based on another one of the Alice stories
[edit] External links
- Tayna tretey planety at the Internet Movie Database
- The Mystery of the Third Planet at the Animator.ru
- VObzor review of the Krupnyy Plan DVD (with screenshots)
- The Mystery of the Third Planet at myltik.ru (Russian)
[edit] Games
- Official website of Alice's Space Adventure (platform game)
- Official website of Alice's Journey (adventure game) (click on first link for English version of official website)
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- Russian-language films
- 1981 films
- 1981 in the Soviet Union
- Animated science fiction films
- Science fiction anime and manga
- Space adventure films
- Space opera
- Soviet animated films
- Soviet science fiction films
- Films set in the 22nd century
- Films directed by Roman Abelevich Kachanov
- Soyuzmultfilm
- Mecha anime and manga
- Drama anime and manga
- Adventure anime and manga
