8 Best Film Adaptations of Kir Bulychev's Books

Kir Bulychev is an author whose books have raised more than one generation. His works opened the doors to a bright and exciting future that inspired both children and adults. Filmmakers appreciated the writer's work and made more than 20 films, TV series and cartoons based on his books.

Many of the screen adaptations of Kir Bulychev's works are short films or diploma works of young directors, known only to a narrow circle of viewers. But among them there are full-length films that have become true classics. Surprisingly, we did not always know that this or that film was shot based on a book by Kir Bulychev. Here are the eight best screen adaptations that deserve your attention.

In the 23rd century, the crew of the spaceship Pushkin discovers a ship in space with the bodies of humanoid creatures. One of the humanoids, a girl, turns out to be alive. The alien Niya is brought to Earth and settled in the house of the parents of scientist Stepan Lebedev. The girl displays incredible abilities - telekinesis, super strength and teleportation. Over time, Niya remembers that her home planet Dessa needs help because of a global environmental disaster. She has to return.

The large-scale science fiction action film "The Witches' Dungeon" was filmed together with Czech filmmakers. The action of the film takes place in the future. A group of scientists from Earth goes to the planet Evur to study it. It turns out to be inhabited by people living in a primitive communal system. Two earthlings - Andrey and Jean, survive an attack by a local tribe. They have to solve the mystery of the planet.

The most popular children's series of the 80s is still remembered with trepidation by millions of former boys and girls. When "Guest from the Future" was on TV, the courtyards were empty. The series was filmed based on the story "One Hundred Years Ago", which tells the story of a girl from the 21st century, Alisa Selezneva, who found herself in the 20th century.

A full-length adaptation of Kir Bulychev's novella "The Purple Ball", in which Alisa Selezneva appears again. The film tells the story of the search for an artifact that belonged to an alien civilization. The film turned out to be interesting and unusual, but it could not repeat the success of "Guest from the Future".

In the film, based on the story of the same name by Bulychev, Alisa Selezneva is captured by ancient combat robots. The book was highly praised by critics and young readers, but the film turned out to be much weaker. Most likely, the very modest budget was to blame, because of which they had to save on literally everything. Also, many did not like Alisa Selezneva played by another young actress - Katya Prizhbilyak.

Young viewers immediately appreciated the full-length cartoon "The Mystery of the Third Planet". Director Roman Kachanov successfully adapted the story "Alice's Journey" by Kir Bulychev and the cartoon is still loved by children, and adults have taken it apart into quotes. By the way, the cartoon is also popular abroad. In the American version, the Talking Bird was even voiced by actor James Belushi, and Alisa Selezneva by Kirsten Dunst.

The film is based on the story by Kir Bulychev "The Unworthy Bogatyr". The action takes place in the fairy-tale city of Veliky Guslyar. Its inhabitant Kuzma Lichikov finds the Sleeping Princess in a cave and wakes her up with a kiss. Then the story of great love develops, which Kuzma himself almost ruined, having become a major city official.

The film was based on a story by Kir Bulychev, which many consider his best work. The heroine of this story, graduate student Anna, comes to her grandmother's village and finds two strange lodgers. It soon turns out that these are not just strange lodgers, but aliens from the future, carrying out an important mission.

These films and cartoons are a vivid reminder of how rich and inspiring the world of fantasy can be. Which of Bulychev's screen adaptations do you remember the most? Share in the comments!