Battle Beyond the Sun (1959)
Overview
English-dubbed and re-edited version of the 1959 Soviet film Nebo Zovyot. Acquired by Roger Corman and reworked by a young Francis Ford Coppola, the film relocates its Cold War “space race” to a fictional future where rival nations—North Hemis and South Hemis—compete to reach Mars first. When one crew’s mission goes awry, their rivals risk their own flight to attempt a daring rescue nearthe Martian moons, where strange cosmic dangers await.
Cast
Ivan Pereverzev
Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev
Aleksandr Shvorin
Craig Matthews
Konstantin Bartashevich
Robert Clark
Gurgen Tonunts
Verst (Capt. Torrance - US)
Valentin Chernyak
Somov (Paul Clinton - US)
Viktor Dobrovolsky
Demchenko (Commander Daniels - US)
Aleksandra Popova
Korneva (Dr. Ruth Gordon - US)
Taisiya Lytvynenko
Lena
Sergey Filimonov
Troyan - Journalist
Mikhail Belousov
Chief of Rescue Staff
Linda Barrett
Voice
Maria Samoilova
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