Nebo Zovyot
1959 Soviet science-fiction feature film directed by Mikhaïl Karioukov, Aleksandr Kozyr
Nebo Zovyot (Russian: «Небо зовёт», lit. 'The Sky Beckons or The Heavens Beckon', Ukrainian: «Небо кличе», romanized: Nebo klyche) is a 1959 Soviet science fiction adventure film directed by Aleksandr Kozyr and Mikhail Karyukov. It was filmed at Dovzhenko Film Studios in 1959 and premiered September 12, 1959. In 1962, an Americanized edit was released entitled; Battle Beyond the Sun under the direction of Roger Corman in collaboration with recent film school graduate Francis Ford Coppola dubbed in English.
Synopsis
A Soviet scientific expedition is being prepared as the world's first mission to planet Mars. Their space ship Homeland has been built at a space station, where the expedition awaits the command to start.
An American ship Typhoon experiencing mechanical problems arrives at the same space station, secretly having the same plans for the conquest of the Red Planet. Trying to stay ahead of the Soviets, they start without proper preparation, and soon are again in distress.
The Homeland changes course to save the crew of Typhoon. They succeed, but find that their fuel reserves are now insufficient to get to Mars. So Homeland makes an emergency landing on the asteroid Icarus passing near Mars, on which they are stranded.
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