Has anyone seen it and any other Russian sci fi?

I also enjoy Soviet-era science fiction films. Another title I highly recommend is 'Planeta Bur' (1962). This is Russian Sci-Fi at its finest. To truly experience these USSR classics, one must see them in their original, non-spliced, and non-dubbed forms.

This is to say, be leery of the US releases of many such pictures. In the 1960's, Roger Corman and American International Pictures began the process of buying foreign films and reediting them for a US audience. Many of the central ideologies of these films were lost in the process, meaning they were edited out completely or rearranged by Corman and his cronies. This was most likely due to foreign relations of the era (not to mention the editing itself of these "new films" was poor at best). Such ventures resulted in cinematic-monstrosities such as 'Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet' (1965), 'Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women' (1968), and the subject of this post, 'Battle Beyond the Sun' (1963). Roger Corman and his cronies may have produced some of the greatest cult pictures of all time throughout the 1950's and 1960's, but they also partook in the soiling of many wonderful foreign films. Such spectacular films as 'Planeta Bur' (1962) and 'Nebo zovyot' (1960) deserve to be treated with much more reverence.

"Pull the string, pull the string!" -Bela Lugosi

'Stalker' (1979) is indeed brilliant. I was lucky enough to see it recently on the big screen.

"Pull the string, pull the string!" -Bela Lugosi

I've seen the most important russian space science fiction movies. In my country, for many years, there has had no law about downloading from the web, and I've got not only the movies, but english subtitles. I spent a lot of hours in research, and the result is:

-Lunnaya Raduga (Moon Rainbow). Available on russian DVD, but no subtitles. I downloaded it. And subs too.
-Moskva-Kassiopeya (Moscow-Cassiopeia). Available at RUSCICO, with english subs.
-Nebo Zovyot (Heavens Call). Available at DVD in german-dubbed version. No subs.
-Solaris. Available on DVD everywhere. I bought it, not downloaded.
-Podzemele Vedm (The Witches' Cave). Legally unavailable. I downloaded it, and the subs too.
-Cherez Ternii k Zvezdam (To the Stars by the Hard Ways). Available on DVD, in german-dubbed version. I downloaded it. And subs too.
-Planeta Bur (Planet of the Storms). Available on DVD in the past. I bought it. With english subs.
-Otroki vo Vselennoi (Teenagers in Space). Available on DVD at RUSCICO, with english subs.
-Mechte Navstrechu. Available on DVD in german-dubbed version. No subtitles. I downloaded it, and subs too.
-Zvedzny Inspektor. Legally unavailable. I downloaded it.
-Doroga k Zvyezdam. (The Way to the Stars). Available on DVD, in german-dubbed version. I downloaded it, but couldn't find the subs.
-Luna (Moon). Legally unavailable. I downloaded it. Couldn't find the subs.
-Test Pilota Pirxa. (Test Pilot Pirx). Available on DVD at RUSCICO. English Subtitles.
-Obitaemy Ostrov (The Unhabited Island). I downloaded it. So the subs.
-Petlya Oriona (Orion's Loop). Available on DVD at RUSCICO. English subs.
-Tumannost Andromedy (Andromeda Nebula) Available on DVD in german -dubbed version. I downloaded it, and so the subs.
-Lilovy Shar (Lilac Sphere). Available only on russian DVD. I downloaded it. The subs too.
-Bolshoye Puteshestvye (The Big Space Journey). Unavailable on DVD. I downloaded it. The only movie I couldn't find the subs.

By the way, the picture quality I found was very good. All DVDRips, with the exception of "The Way to the Stars" and "Moon".

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I'm not sure if it was included in your list but another excellent Soviet sci-FI film is "A Dream Comes True.". This movie provided much of the footage for Corman's PLANET OF BLOOD aka QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966). My personal favorite Soviet space movies are ROAD TO THE STARS (1958) and THE HEAVENS CALL (1959). Of course, all of them are good. Love those spacesuit/spaceship/space station designs. Great visual effects in all of them.

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