The Secret
The Secret of the Third
The Secret of the Third Planet
Screenplay - Kir Bulychyov Director - Roman Kachanov
Art Director - N. Orlova Camera - T. Bunimovich, S. Kasheeva
Composer - A. Zatsepin Sound - B. Filchikov
Montage - O. Vasilenko, N. Treshchyova Script Editor - N. Abramova
Assistant Directors - T. Lytko, O. Isakova Assistant Camera - L. Krutovskaya, N. Saratova
Animators - A. Alyoshina, V. Arbenkov Yu. Batanin, M. Voskanyants
V. Zarubin, V. Kolesnikova, I. Kuroyan, R. Mirenkova
O. Orlova, A. Panov, M. Rogova, V. Shevchenko
Artists - G. Arkadyev, A. Goreva, D. Kulikov
I. Litovskaya, V. Maksimovich, T. Morozov
I. Oleynikov, I. Svetlitsa, V. Chuguyevskiy
Voices - O. Gromova, V. Larionov U. Volyntsev, V. Livanov, G. Shpigel
P. Vishnyakov, V. Druzhnikov, V. Kenigson, Yu. Andreev, Ye. Krasnobayeva
Production Director - N. Lipnitskaya Soyuzmultfilm, 1981
Nothing good will come of all this. 'Pegasus' will never take off.
It's going to crash.
Tell me, please, Are you the flight bringing animals to the zoo?
Yes.
- You are Captain Selezniov? - Well, actually I'm Professor Selezniov.
- Professor Selezniov. It's all the same. - And I'm Alice.
That is of no importance. What is important is that you're flying past Aldebaran.
- What happened? - Nothing.
You must simply deliver a little cake to my grandson Kolya. It's his birthday.
- Where is this little cake? - Here. Obviously it's here.
You call that a little cake?
Well, do you think my grandson is going to eat alone, or with friends?
What do you think?
I don't think anything. I won't be flying anywhere.
No, you will be flying, captain...
You will fly! The Moscow zoo needs rare animals!
Kolya's grandma was right - on 12 June 2181 Captain Green...
...Professor Selezniov and his daughter Alice left on a search for rare animals.
Tomorrow, we refuel and start for the Planet Bluk.
So today, we rest.
And I'm going to the football game.
Today, here on the moon, there's a match between Earth and Planet Fixx
- I shall go with Alice. - Of course. She shouldn't go off alone.
But I'm already nine!
What can happen to me on the moon in the 22nd century?
There would be enough trouble with you even in the quiet 20th century.
Selezniov. Selezniov, old friend!
It can't be! How many light winters!
How many light years! What are you doing here?
- We're flying after animals, Gromozeka. - After animals? How wonderful!
And how's your daughter? Talking already?
Talking too much! She already finished second grade.
Really? How time flies...
So, second grade you say?
- Yes. - That calls for a celebration!
Waiter!
400 drops of valerian and a salad.
Hmm.. I asked for 400 drops, but there are 402 here.
400 drops, we never make mistakes.
Now then, did you hear that?
Everyone's always arguing with me. Nobody likes me.
What are you saying? Everyone likes you, Gromozeka!
Really?
So, have you heard about the Planet of the Captains?
Well, it's a familiar name.
There will be a museum there about the Two Captains.
Together they conquered the jungles of Evridik.
They wiped out the lair of Pirate Glot. They were such...
Yes, yes! I know all this!
And did you know, that the captains met a mass of rare animals?
Well, do you catch my drift?
I do, Gromozeka, thank you. Is it far?
It's very near, 100 parsecs!
By the way, the director there is a Doctor Verhovtsev.
A big friend of mine.
He'll show you the Captains' diaries.
He'll...
Doctor Verhovtsev!
Doc...
Now, why did he run away? Why?
Ah, can you believe it? And he's a friend...
- Perhaps you were mistaken? - Well... Perhaps.
Well now, that's what you get from two extra drops of valerian.
3 to 1 - in our favour!
Selezniov, is this your little one?
She is.
Hey! Release the girl! Low down bandit! Hooligan!
Oh no, put down Green. He tried to save me!
I won't even think of it!
He should know better than to tangle with a great archeologist. Good day!
Disgraceful!
Well, what's the bad news?
- We're flying to the Planet of the Captains. - Long live the captains!
This will all end badly.
Careful, the asteroids are very dangerous!
Follow me closely.
No disaster this time.
Welcome.
Unbelievable... I learned about them at school!
You're right, little miss. These are the Captains Kim and Buran.
In their ship 'The Blue Seagull' they flew around the whole universe.
Please be seated.
How can I help?
We are searching for rare animals, and the Captains have been on many planets, so...
- Would you like some tea? - No, thank you!
First, we would like to have a look at the diaries of the Captains.
You need the diaries?
- Will you show us the diaries? - I don't have any diaries.
- Perhaps we should leave? - Of course!
It was nice meeting you!
So, where are the Captains now?
I don't know anything. I never fly anywhere!
- He said he never flies anywhere. - This is all very strange.
- I don't like these secrets and mysteries. - But I love them very much!
Planet Bluk. Beginning descent.
Here they barter and sell the most marvelous animals.
Stop making a draught, or the child will get a chill.
We've had a terrible disaster - all the chatter-birds have been killed.
He did it.
Doctor Verhovtsev?
Why would the director of a museum kill the chatter-birds?
How do we know?
- Hello, Professor. - Good day, Navigator Basov.
Are you after animals too?
No, we're bound for Aldebaran.
Papa, look who's there.
Excuse me...
Excuse me, in which room is Doctor Verhovtsev staying?
- Room 8 - Thank you!
That person has left.
- How long ago? - Yesterday.
This is all very strange.
Tell me, please, how much does this bird cost?
Imbecile! It's me that's selling him!
This is a tiger-rat from the Planet Penelope. It feeds on wild bulls.
Be careful, papa, what if it also feeds on professors?
Hmm...
The right tail is longer!
- Papa, there are fish here. - The aquarium is empty.
Everyone thinks so.
- Papa, these are invisible fish. - There's no such thing.
There is, but not everyone believes it.
Take this, it's a hat of invisibility.
Thank you.
Help me! Please, help me, please!
Oh!
- Excuse me, what's this animal? - It's an Indicator.
He understands everything, but doesn't speak. He only changes colour.
Would you like me to strike him? He will turn speckled violet.
No, no, thank you! That's not necessary. Better if you sell him to us.
He doesn't want to be sold.
But do you want to be gifted to us?
He does!
Well then, take him! But quickly, before I change my mind!
Papa, there's a cow.
This is Skliz. He belongs to nobody.
He can fly, how wonderful!
Papa, let's take Skliz. I could fly to school on him.
Well, if that's what you want, then let's take him.
- Well, what's the bad news? - We have good news. We found Skliz.
But she... that is, he won't fit in the cruiser.
Skliz, go home.
Ah! This is undignified!
If cows are going to fly, the cosmos is no longer a place for me.
- I can offer you a kurguru. - No, thank you.
We'd like such a bird as nobody has seen before.
Too bad that all the chatter-birds have been killed.
- Chatter-birds? - Yes.
- What sort of birds were they? - They could speak and fly amongst the stars.
I have a chatter-bird to offer you.
That's great, but why are we whispering?
- Because I'm afraid. - But what happened?
Recently, a badly injured and barely alive chatter-bird flew into my home.
I nursed him back to health.
And yesterday a man from Earth came and asked to buy the chatter-bird.
I refused him.
He became angry and said the chatter-bird and I won't be left alive.
Ah, such a bird was sitting on the shoulder of Captain Kim.
- If you're not afraid, take him. - We're not afraid.
Farewell, friend, farewell.
An ambush!
- A real one? - Unfortunately, yes.
Green, can you hear me? Green, we need your help!
I hear you, but I've disassembled the cruiser.
Navigator Basov!
Take that! And that!
Papa, stand firm!
Alice, don't let him go!
They are robots - radio controlled.
Well there you are, I warned you.
This is great!
Now I can peep into the exercise books of the star pupils!
- Oh! where did you spring from? - Well, I...
Where did you spring from?
Are you going to fly, Kim? Mm, yes...
If you get into trouble, Kim - send the chatter-bird...
I'll come to help...
Thank you, Buran...
- These are the voices of the brave captains. - That means that this is their own chatter-bird!
Head for the Medusa system...
Papa, we must fly there. Captain Kim has sent the chatter-bird for help.
It's dangerous.
It would be better to summon a patrol ship from the Earth to help.
- Someone's there. - Excuse me...
Please accept this gift from me. It's a diamond turtle.
How beautiful! But we have nothing to give you in return.
- Give me that parrot. - Out of the question.
Okay, then take it as is.
Goodbye. We shall meet again.
Remember, my name is Veselchak Oo.
Well! I don't like this Veselchak.
Set a course for the Medusa system. Medusa system, Medusa...
So, it's decided - we head for the Medusa system.
Hurrah!
Oh, but what about the cake for Kolya?
- I warned you... - Never mind.
The cake will go with Navigator Basov. He's flying to Aldebaran.
We're receiving an SOS signal from planet Shelezyaka.
Warning, warning! We have an epidemic.
Help us, anyone who can. Anyone who can, help us.
Planet Shelezyaka.
No minerals, no water, no vegetation.
Occupied by robots.
Planet Shelezyaka.
No minerals, no water, no vegetation.
Occupied by robots.
We'll have to help...
Come up the stairs, come up the stairs.
Thank you for coming.
Don't thin... Don't thin... aa...
Than... thank... you...
Freshly greased...
We'll go and have a look at what's happened to them.
Probably, I - am the - last.
They are alive, but paralysed.
- How goes? - I thought so.
- How are you doing? - Ah...
Thank you, dear alien! You have saved-d-d me...
Hello, courageous bird!
How do you know this chatter-bird?
He flew to us once with a broken wing.
We had to replace it with a prosthesis.
And recently a man flew here, looking for the courageous bird.
- Wearing a hat? - Wearing a hat.
It's all clear. That was Verhovtsev.
When he found out we'd cured the bird, he became terribly angry.
And after he left - the epidemic started.
He poured diamond dust into your greasing tanks.
The grease needs changing.
Genius!
Stay here! Be our planet's genius mechanic.
Thank you. But I have enough to worry about already...
Well then... I'll go and change the grease.
- The first planet of the Medusa system. - Nothing for us to do here.
- The second planet of the Medusa system. - Let's land.
'The Blue Seagull'
Everything's alright. Now there's nobody to rescue.
Captain Kim! Wait!
Those were mirages.
And now, meet an inhabitant of this planet.
They are able to take on the form of whatever they saw.
Chatter-bird - is this the planet or not?
Look on the third planet, Look on the third planet.
Birds can't count.
- But can captains? - They can, and how!
Well then, that means everything is correct.
Alright my friends, let's fly. Let's fly to the third planet!
Wait!
It's all too pretty here. Expect trouble.
Nothing will happen to us. Man is the Tsar of Nature.
Only, the animals don't know that - they are illiterate.
Look out!
- Are you playing hide and seek? - Hide and seek?
Look here, Tsar of Nature, that's the feather of the Krok bird.
Don't step away from the ship. Understood?
- Understood, but I have an idea... - The idea can wait.
Alice, come back!
Alice!
Papa!
The nestlings didn't harm me. We were playing, and having fun.
Why did you leave the ship, like a little child?
- The chatter-bird and I went to find the captain. - To find what? The captain isn't here.
What do you mean, not here? Then what's this?
- Where did you get it? - I found it in the nest.
[Blue Seagull] - Where did you get it? - I found it in the nest.
How lucky you are!
Look, the chatter-bird is waiting for us. Run after him!
Where on earth is the chatter-bird?
Since when do mirrors grow?
Keep back or you'll break them.
We'll carry this mirror to the 'Pegasus'.
Green! There in the mirror - it's you!
The image is running backwards.
It's all clear.
The mirror's made of thin films.
They build up while the flower is alive, and record all they see.
And now these films are evaporating one by one.
Papa, look! It's Verhovtsev!
And Veselchak is with him.
So, they know each other. And they are somewhere here.
I warned you.
I can't hold on any more... I can't hold on any more...
- He saw Captain Kim! - The Captain is here somewhere.
Who has done this?
Silly thing, why did you run away? You're a rare animal.
Here, give that to me.
It's a masterpiece of hostile technology. And it has destroyed the flowers.
This appears to be a microphone... Which means that they heard everything.
Let's move to the mirror glade. It's safer there.
All the mirrors seem to be gone.
This will all end badly...
- Alice? - I'm here.
I warned you!
Oh! I'll never forgive myself!
Calm down, Green, we'll get out.
How did we get here?
Like going into a teapot.
They opened the lid, let us through, then closed it.
Seems like it.
The Blue Seagull!
Don't move! Hands up!
Where's the bird?
Look in the 'Pegasus'.
Aye-aye, Chief!
How dare you!
Hunting chatter-birds is strictly prohibited...
Chatter-birds strictly, strictly prohibited.
- Shut him up. - Well, since you ask...
Why did you fall?! Clumsy oaf!
I didn't fall, Chief, something tripped me up.
I'll trip you up, for good.
I'll find the chatter-bird, and you state our terms to him.
Consider it done!
Listen, Captain! We have seized these two clumsy oafs.
So, if you don't give us the formula - we shall now... dispatch them.
Do it!
Stop!
Let me say a few words to these people first.
You have a minute. I'll be kind!
Chatter-bird, do you know where the exit is?
Chatter-bird is distinguished by its intellect and ingenuity...
By intellect and ingenuity...
These bandits found out that I have the formula for the perfect fuel.
We're not bandits, we are noble pirates.
Captain Buran!
Captain, look out! Verhovtsev is a traitor!
The crooks sent an SOS message from here.
When I landed on the planet, 'The Blue Seagull' was trapped.
I managed to send out the chatter-bird.
Your minute's up, Kim. I'll count to three. One, two...
- Well, is he still refusing to talk? - Ah, he'll talk soon.
Three!
Wait! I'm coming out.
Don't shoot, don't shoot!
Surrender!
You're surrounded!
Throw down the gun.
And now, imposter, show us your real face.
I shall complain, I'm a museum director!
- He killed himself. - Don't trust him!
It's Glot, from the planet Katruk.
He's feigning. Kill him!
Why kill him?
Let people see the last pirate.
Serves him right, the traitor!
Quiet, Veselchak. You're no less guilty.
I give you my word!
On my mother's health, I'll do no more wrong.
He will. I know him.
I'll disassemble them for spare parts later.
Kim!
Buran.
How did you find us?
I was on Mars, when my friend Verhovtsev suddenly arrived.
Yes, I was terribly worried.
Someone broke into the museum, and tried to steal...
...the diaries of the captains and the plans of 'The Blue Seagull'.
Can you imagine? And then you arrived.
- You suspected us. - Well, of course!
I rushed off to Buran.
After the Doctor and I began our search, we met Gromozeka.
- A hooligan and bad-mannered sort. - Why? He's kind and cheerful.
- And how did you find us? - Very simple.
From the big-eared friend of the chatter-bird, we learned that the bird had mentioned the Medusa system.
The chatter-bird is distinguished by its intellect and ingenuity...
Distinguished by its intellect. Distinguished by its ingenuity.
Tell us how the trap opens?
If you release me - I'll tell you.
As a friend.
If you don't tell us - your friend Glot will tell us.
I'm ready.
I was joking. Can't one joke a little?
So now the captains are together again, just like old times.
- Will you be flying somewhere again? - Why? You want to come with us?
Well, of course, I'm not begging to come along...
Oh, Alice! That's just what you're doing!
Don't move!
And free my friends immediately!
Gromozeka, we've already been freed.
Well, well... So I was late.
Ha! Can you believe it?
Ah, I'm so unlucky in life.
Well, show me a real pirate at least!
Gladly...
Hey, where's the fat man?
Don't shoot, he'll fall!
She's taken her nestlings a new toy.
Well now, Alice. Will you have some stories to tell them at school?
Tell them what? The trip was unsuccessful.
We didn't collect many animals.
But we found new friends.
The chatter-bird is worth a whole zoo...
True!
And when I fly with the Captains to another galaxy,
I shall bring back such wonders for you!
Alice, you need to be in school!
Okay, papa, don't get upset. Maybe we'll take you too.
Biologists are needed on any expedition.
Thank you, Alice. You're a real friend!
The End
Subtitles by Niffiwan (animatsiya.net) & Andy Hurwitz