Watched the American re-dubbed version of this Soviet Union film under the title of 'Battle Beyond The Sun' from 1962. The movie has the world divided into two conglomerates, the Nothern Hemis and the Southern Hemis. Each Hemis sends a mission to Mars but after many incidents no one reaches the red planet. In the end each Hemis decide they will try again but this time in co-operation with each other. Which is a nice ending, a negative leading to a positive. Being (not well) dubbed one can't gauge the performances of the original Russian actors but it looks very good with lots of blues and reds giving atmosphere to the sets and costumes. It would be good to see the original in a good print in the Russian language with subtitles.
Review of Battle Beyond the Sun
