Battle Beyond the Sun

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

A Cold War-era space adventure that pits rival nations against cosmic mystery and each other, balancing competitive tension with moments of heroic cooperation.

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.