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.

Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev

Craig Matthews

Robert Clark

Verst (Capt. Torrance - US)

Somov (Paul Clinton - US)

Demchenko (Commander Daniels - US)

Korneva (Dr. Ruth Gordon - US)

Lena

Sashko (Johnson - US)

Troyan - Journalist

Clark's mother
September 12, 1959

Yevgeny Petrovich Kornev

Craig Matthews

Robert Clark

Verst (Capt. Torrance - US)

Somov (Paul Clinton - US)

Demchenko (Commander Daniels - US)

Korneva (Dr. Ruth Gordon - US)

Lena

Sashko (Johnson - US)

Troyan - Journalist

Clark's mother

