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Battle Beyond the Sun
“The GIGANTIC battle! Which race will win...and rule the universe?”
4.5 / 10• 1959• 1h 9m•NR• English
Science FictionAdventure
Storyline
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 & Crew
Ivan Pereverzev
Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Francis Ford Coppola's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Battle Beyond the Sun is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
