The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981)

Original title

Тайна третьей планеты

Directed by

Roman Kachanov

Genre

fantasy film, adventure film, science fiction film, children's film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

48 min

Rated

6+

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 121 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl travels through space with her father and a space captain to find rare animals for a zoo. They discover a planet with strange secrets and meet unusual creatures along the way.

whimsicaladventurousotherworldlylightheartedretrocuriousbriskplayful

What happens

The Mystery of the Third Planet (Russian: Тайна третьей планеты, Tayna tretyey planety, also translated as 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 1964 novella Alisa's Travel by Kir Bulychev, part of the Alisa Seleznyova children's science fiction book series. The movie is considered a cult classic in Russia and was included in various lists of the best animated films and science fiction films. A shortened novelization of The Mystery of the Third Planet was written by Bulychev himself, with other adaptations including a diafilm and a number of video games. The 2009 feature film Alice's Birthday is considered a spiritual successor of the work. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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