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.
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.
Includes five stories:
Denis Korablyov feels he must settle the score with Lyovka Burin after Lyovka hit him on the head with a pencil case. However, LyovkaâÂÂs stories about things Denis loves, along with a telescope shell he gifts Denis, soften DenisâÂÂs anger, and they part as good friends.
Includes three stories:
A family friend, Marya Petrovna, promises Denis that sheâÂÂll take him to her country house but doesnâÂÂt keep her word. Trying to make it up to the disappointed boy, she ends up repeating the lie, promising him a real Budyonny saber next time.
Includes three stories:
Vanya Dykhov builds a real tandem bike, with help from all the boys, especially Denis. The two of them take it out for a test ride. While resting in the park, an older stranger approaches them, claiming he needs the bike to get medicine from a pharmacy for his sick grandmother. Though the boys offer to go themselves, the stranger insists, saying riding on the avenue is dangerous, and theyâÂÂre not old enough for it.
Eventually, Vanya and Denis agree and wait all evening, only to realize the stranger deceived them and stole the bike. Vanya catches on to the trick, but Denis, worried for the thiefâÂÂs safety, muses, âÂÂThereâÂÂs so much traffic on the avenueâ¦â According to the script, the thief actually does get into an accident.
Includes three stories:
Denis and his father go for a weekend in the countryside, invited by his fatherâÂÂs friend, Uncle Sasha. When they arrive, Uncle Sasha asks Viktor Korablyov, DenisâÂÂs father, to take the wheel for an important task. On a dirt road, a young girl suddenly appears in front of the car. Without hesitation, DenisâÂÂs father swerves sharply, causing the car to flip. Uncle Sasha and Denis escape with bruises, while DenisâÂÂs father breaks his arm. Despite the injury, heâÂÂs relieved the girl was unharmed.
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."
Lyrics by Mikhail Tanich, composed by Vladimir Shainsky.