Battle Beyond the Sun

A creaky, dubbed space-race adventure that feels like a vintage newsreel drifting into pulp melodrama, earnest and a little quaint.

Directed by

Francis Ford Coppola

Genres

Science fiction, Adventure

Starring

Ivan Pereverzev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Konstantin Bartashevich

Tagline

The GIGANTIC battle! Which race will win...and rule the universe?

Overview

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.

How it feels

Earnest, tense and campy. Measured and easy to follow.

About

Exploration, science, war, survival

Content

Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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