Battle Beyond the Sun
1959
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:
Mikhail Karyukov, Aleksandr Kozyr, Francis Ford Coppola
Writers:
Aleksey Sazonov, Evgeniy Pomeshchikov, Mikhail Karyukov
Production:
N/A
Country:
Soviet Union
