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Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.Two countries race to have the first successful landing on Mars.
Konstantin Bartashevich
- Klark (Dr. Martin - US)
- (as K. Bartashevich)
Gurgen Tonunts
- Verst (Capt. Torrance - US)
- (as G. Tonunts)
Valentin Chernyak
- Somov (Paul Clinton - US)
- (as V. Chernyak)
Viktor Dobrovolsky
- Demchenko (Commander Daniels - US)
- (as V. Dobrovolsky)
Aleksandra Popova
- Korneva (Dr. Ruth Gordon - US)
- (as Alla Popova)
Larysa Borysenko
- Olga (Nancy - US)
- (as L. Borisenko)
Lev Lobov
- Sashko (Johnson - US)
- (as L. Lobov)
Sergey Filimonov
- Troyan - Journalist
- (as S. Filimonov)
Linda Barrett
- (U.S. version)
- (voice)
Mary Kannon
- (U.S. version)
- (voice)
- Directors
- Mikhail Karyukov
- Aleksandr Kozyr
- Francis Ford Coppola(re-edited version with new footage)
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- TriviaThe credit on the US version of the film, "Battle Beyond the Sun", was given to "Thomas Colchart", a pseudonym for then -spiring filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Roger Corman gave him the task of creating two monsters resembling genitalia (one male, one female) which were amusingly spliced into the film.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the movie (11:17) South Hemis has launched a rocket going to a space station carrying two astronauts. One of them is Dr Albert Gordon. Dr Gordon's wife Ruth also works on the project at ground control. Just after the launch Ruth is shown writing in what is likely a log book and at the top of the page the header reads North Hemis Space Agency instead of South Hemis.
- Alternate versionsReleased (by Roger Corman) in the USA as "Battle Beyond the Sun". This version was recut and also added new footage directed by a young Francis Ford Coppola. In this version, of course, all Soviet propaganda has been dropped.
- ConnectionsEdited into Queen of Blood (1966)
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Dry and then cheesy
BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN is a thinking man's science fiction movie for the first half, and if you notice that the voices don't match the words in the English version then that's because this is a Russian movie that's been dubbed and edited for American audiences by Roger Corman, no less. The story tells of mankind's race to send a spaceship to Mars, and it's very dry and talky, as you'd expect from a pseudo scientific script like this one. The latter half has more fun with the inclusion of some cheesy monsters that might well have inspired none other than H. R. Giger, but as a whole it's not very entertaining.
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