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The Third Planet
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The Third Planet

1991-02-15 · 93 min · ★ 4.1

Science Fiction · Drama

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.

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Directors
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Production companies
Lenfilm
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released
Budget
USD 10,000,000

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Anna MatyukhinaAnna Matyukhina
Boris SokolovBoris Sokolov
Svetlana Mikhalchenko
Konstantin Polyansky
Georgi Pankratov
Aleksey PoluyanAleksey Poluyan

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