Battle Beyond the Sun
“The GIGANTIC battle! Which race will win...and rule the universe?”
1959•NR•1h 9m•4.4•Released
Science FictionAdventure
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.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Languages
English
Studio
The Filmgroup
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
Clark's mother
Larisa Borisenko
Olga
Lev Lobov
Johnson (archive footage)
Production
Company
The Filmgroup
Producer
Roger Corman
Producer
Thomas Colchart
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