Film
Battle Beyond the Sun
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.
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 PereverzevYevgeny Petrovich Kornev
- Aleksandr ShvorinCraig Matthews
- Konstantin BartashevichRobert Clark
- Gurgen TonuntsVerst (Capt. Torrance - US)
- Valentin ChernyakSomov (Paul Clinton - US)
- Viktor DobrovolskyDemchenko (Commander Daniels - US)
- Aleksandra PopovaKorneva (Dr. Ruth Gordon - US)
- Taisiya LytvynenkoLena
