
Battle Beyond the Sun (1962) is the English-dubbed and re-edited American version of the 1959 Soviet film Nebo Zovyot (The Heavens Call). 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 near the Martian moons, where strange cosmic dangers await.
Cast

Ivan Pereverzev
Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev

Aleksandr Shvorin
Craig Matthews
Larisa Borisenko
Olga

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

Lev Lobov
Sashko (Johnson - US)

Sergey Filimonov
Troyan - Journalist

Mikhail Belousov
Chief of Rescue Staff
Linda Barrett
Voice

Maria Samoilova
Clark's mother
Crew
Aleksandr Kozyr
Director

Mikhail Karyukov
Director, Writer

Francis Ford Coppola
Director, Associate Producer
Aleksey Sazonov
Writer

Evgeniy Pomeshchikov
Writer

Roger Corman
Producer
Thomas Colchart
Producer
Francis Selbin
Special Effects
Nelson Lorin
Special Effects

Carmine Coppola
Music
Jan Oneidas
Music
Al Locatelli
Title Designer
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