The Third Planet

Feb 15, 1991

1h 33m

★ 3.5

Overview

Drawing heavily from Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's 1971 novella 'Piknik na obochine' ('Roadside Picnic') as well as Andrei Tarkovsky's 1979 film adaptation ('Stalker'), 'Tretya planeta' tells the story of a father seeking a cure for his ill daughter by venturing into an area known only as "The Zone" to request help from the mysterious healers that dwell within its forbidden borders.

Genres

Science Fiction

Drama

Production Companies

Lenfilm

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Cast

Anna Matyukhina

Boris Sokolov

Svetlana Mikhalchenko

Konstantin Polyansky

Georgi Pankratov

Aleksey Poluyan

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0.0

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0.0

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7.8

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8.0

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6.1

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4.9

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