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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)
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- 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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Garbage in, garbage out
One of my sci-fi/horror/fantasy reviews written 50 years ago: Directed by M. Karzukov and Aleksandr Kozyr (reworked version by Francis Ford Coppola); Produced by Tatyana Kulchitskaya for Dovzhenko Film Studios (reworked version by Roger Corman, released in America by American-International Pictures. Photography by N. Kulchiskiy; Music by Yuli Meitus (reworked version by Carmine Coppola). Starring Ivan Pereverzev and Alla Popova; plus voices by Andy Stewart and Aria Powell.
Another waste of a foreign sci-fi film (from Russia), chopped up, dubbed and voice-over narrated to no avail. Beginning with a boring prologue expressing the authors' inflated view of the film's historical importance, this set in 1997 tale of the race of Earth's two powers (North and South hemis) to claim Mars is virtually devoid of continuity or interesting stuff. Nothing really happens, and just to punch up the action, a foolish fight between a giant insect creature and a headless hulk with eyestalks is inserted amidst otherwise straight science fiction.
Another waste of a foreign sci-fi film (from Russia), chopped up, dubbed and voice-over narrated to no avail. Beginning with a boring prologue expressing the authors' inflated view of the film's historical importance, this set in 1997 tale of the race of Earth's two powers (North and South hemis) to claim Mars is virtually devoid of continuity or interesting stuff. Nothing really happens, and just to punch up the action, a foolish fight between a giant insect creature and a headless hulk with eyestalks is inserted amidst otherwise straight science fiction.
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