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Battle Beyond the Sun
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Battle Beyond the Sun

1959-09-12 · 69 min · ★ 4.5

Science Fiction · Adventure

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.

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Directors
Francis Ford Coppola
Production companies
The Filmgroup
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ivan PereverzevIvan PereverzevYevgeny Petrovich Kornev
Aleksandr ShvorinAleksandr ShvorinCraig Matthews
Konstantin BartashevichKonstantin BartashevichRobert Clark
Gurgen TonuntsGurgen TonuntsVerst (Capt. Torrance - US)
Valentin ChernyakValentin ChernyakSomov (Paul Clinton - US)
Viktor DobrovolskyViktor DobrovolskyDemchenko (Commander Daniels - US)
Aleksandra PopovaAleksandra PopovaKorneva (Dr. Ruth Gordon - US)
Taisiya LytvynenkoTaisiya LytvynenkoLena
Sergey FilimonovSergey FilimonovTroyan - Journalist
Mikhail BelousovMikhail BelousovChief of Rescue Staff
Linda BarrettLinda BarrettVoice
Maria SamoilovaMaria SamoilovaClark's mother
Larisa BorisenkoOlga
Lev LobovJohnson (archive footage)

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