Po sekretu vsemu svetu

Po secretu vsemu svetu (In Secret to the Whole World) is a 1976 Soviet two-part television film produced by Belarusfilm. It is adapted from Viktor Dragunsky's popular children's book The Adventures of Dennis, a collection of short stories told from the perspective of a young boy.

Plot

The movie is about a boy named Dennis and his adventures with friends and family. It is divided into two episodes, each in turn covering several stories from the book.

Cast

• Vladimir Stankevich as Dennis Korablev
• Аlеksei Sazonov as Mishka Slonik
• Georgy Belov as Ljovka Burin
• Alexander Lenkov as Viktor Korablev, Dennis's dad
• Valentina Telichkina as Asya Korableva, Dennis's mother
• Alexandra Klimova as Raisa Ivanovna, teacher of literature
• Regina Korokhova as Marya Petrovna
• Arkady Trusov as uncle Pasha, the janitor
• Alexander Sherstobaev as Vanya Dykhov
• Alexandra Klimova as Raisa Ivanovna, teacher of literature
• Fyodor Nikitin as Sergey Petrovich Kolokolov
• Liya Akhedzhakova as Elizaveta Nikolayevna, geography teacher
• Anatoliy Stolbov as Sergey Stepanovich
• Rostislav Shmyrev as director of the school
• Boris Gitin as Uncle Sasha, a friend of Dennis's dad
• Anatoly Kuznetsov as the hitcher with raspberries

Film Crew

• Screenplay by Denis Dragunsky
• Directors: Vitali Kanevsky, Igor Dobrolyubov, Dmitri Mikhleyev, Yuri Oksanchenko, Vladislav Popov

Filming

It was filmed in Minsk, Belarus for 7 months. The school hallway scenes were filmed at school number 115 and the episode when Mishka tells Dennis what he loves and when Ljovka gives Dennis a sleeve was filmed at school 122 in Minsk. The classroom scenes were filmed in the studio.The train scenes were filmed on an inoperative railway line in the Smolevichi region. The train consisted of a locomotive and three carriages. The tower that Dennis was afraid to jump from was filmed in Smolevchi. Vladimir's regular dark blond hair was painted with hydrogen peroxide which caused it to become a lighter shade of blond in the film. During the scenes where Dennis cries, Vladimir said that "glycerin was instilled on the set. The eyes immediately began to pinch, and tears appeared. True, once they were real. The director took the football tickets away from me, and I cried with resentment. The stage was filmed and the tickets were given to me." Georgy fondly recalls that "The assistants came to school and took me out of school, it was such happiness!". Vladimir Stankevich said that Georgy,"stuttered for real, and they wanted him to take a stunt double for voice acting, but when he tried to voice himself, he stuttered exactly in the same places as during the filming."

Music

• "In Secret to the Whole World" Big Children's Choir. Solo by Dima Viktorov
• "When My Friends Are With Me" Big Children's Choir. Solo by Dima Golov
• "At the Far Station I'll Go" — Gennady Belov

Lyrics by Mikhail Tanich, composed by Vladimir Shainsky.

Sources

• Денискины рассказы (in Russian)
• Po sekretu vsemu svetu at IMDb