The Sky Calls (1959)

Original title

Небо зовёт

Directed by

Aleksandr Kozyr, Mikhail Karyukov

Genre

adventure film, science fiction film

Country

Soviet Union

Runtime

1h 17m

Rating

3.6 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Soviet astronauts race American astronauts to land on a distant planet. The film shows a space mission with political rivalry and a rescue.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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