Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet 1965 | Roger Corman, Basil Rathbone | Adventure, Sci-Fi

In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, 3 spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella set out to explore the planet Venus. Upon reaching their destination, they discover a planet teeming with dinosaurs and a dubious trace of an advanced and hidden civilization.

Directors: Curtis Harrington, Pavel Klushantsev
Writer: Curtis Harrington
Stars: Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Marc Shannon
Genres: Classics, Cult Film, Roger Corman, Adventure, Sci-Fi

@CultCinemaClassics:

[royfugate]

Planeta Bur (Russian: Планета бурь) is a 1962 Sovcolor Soviet science fiction film.

In English, the film is often informally referred to as Planet of the Storms, Planet of Storms, Planet of Tempests, Planeta Burg, and Storm Planet.In 1965, American film producer Roger Corman gained access to the Soviet film footage and hired film student Curtis Harrington to prepare it for an American release. Harrington added several American-made scenes starring Basil Rathbone and Faith Domergue, which replaced scenes of two of the Russian cast, and dubbed the dialogue to English. The resulting film, re-titled Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet, went directly to television from American International Pictures. In the cast and credits, the Russian actors’ names were replaced with fake non-Russian names; for example, the Russian actor Georgiy Zhzhonov was credited as "Kurt Boden".

In 1968, American film director Peter Bogdanovich (under the name Derek Thomas) was hired by Corman to create a second, different American film version, re-titled Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women, to which was added new scenes with American actress Mamie Van Doren and several other attractive women playing Venusians (wearing sea shell brassieres). Also included were some minor scenes from another Russian SF film, Mikhail Karyukov's Nebo Zovyot. This second Americanized version is essentially the same as Corman's first, but retold with a parallel viewpoint of the telepathic Venusian women, whose god (a large pterosaur-like flying creature) is killed by the Earth men, and includes an ending with an ironic twist: The Venusian women find a new god to worship, the now eroded and non-functional robot John. Corman's 2nd version may have had some limited theatrical releases in the American South on the drive-in circuit, but primarily became a "TV movie" released through American International Television.

[davidhewson]

What a smashing sci-fi flick !. Robot, early Lost in Space. Car with no wheels. Lizard geysers jumping in mud. 1960 Mars was a spot in our skies. Lady Marsians were tough though !!. Thanks sci-fi mates. Dave

[ericastier]

What a delightful moral and mentally healthy group of astronauts. This movie exceeded my expectations. Their attitude in face of danger is no worries and relaxed. Their nerves are impeccable. That's the main reason i liked this movie. The woman too was delightful in her constance and calm stable mind something completely lost today !!!

[randquadrozzi]

The underwater special effects were amazing.

[tristanwolske]

The space suits in this one are incredibly well done!!👍👍

[smart]

Да СОВЕТСКАЯ " ПЛАНЕТА
БУРЬ " и 2023 году смотрится
ЗАМЕЧАТЕЛЬНО

[N-oo]

Это фильм советский ПЛАНЕТА БУРЬ . Какая то англоязычная версия, с другими вставками ! Наш фильм 1961года, а этот микс 1965 года !

[Pauloddalmeida]

Wow. Basil Rathbone! I recently watched many episodes of Sherlock Holmes, played by him. Very good actor.

[razorshark]

This is a nice film. Love the robot, and the space suits. I would love to have one of those suits.

[vccrmzc]

В США купленный советский фильм был перемонтирован студией, специализирующейся, в основном, на фильмах ужасов «Америкэн Интернешнэл» Роджера Кормана, с изъятием ряда эпизодов и добавлением новых, и в таком виде выпущен в американский прокат под названием «Путешествие на доисторическую планету» 1965 года (Википедия)

[porteghislaine]

J apprecie particulierement les anciens films de science fiction . Merci .👍

[africaunite]

Planet Bur, is the original title of this film which is of Soviet origin, special effects much more realistic than American B films, a lot of scenes have been stolen to make it an American turnip

[nativeofjasumerosas]

The original Russian version is on you tube as "planet of storms"

[lhyktjt]

This is the Soviet film "Planet of Storms", which was remounted and re-dubbed from Russian into English. In the original version of this film, a flight to Venus was made (the film was shot before the landing of automatic vehicles and obtaining data on conditions on the surface of the planet, then there were many theories about this). Throughout the film, in the Russian version, interesting scientific ideas were expressed in the dialogues of the characters.

[dentonfender]

Amazing! Movie makers, and 1960's people in general thought the USA was making so much progress in space research, the writer of this movie put the date at 2020, and we today in 2023 aren't anywhere near the progress they depict in this Roger Corman movie.

[Poisonedblade]

This movie must take place in the second half of 2020.

[lindaeasley]

This is the version of 2020 I would ve preferred

[ValerAM]

Какой хороший фильм.
Год съёмки, - год моего рождения.
Супер!

[alexsyritsyn]

Ой, вообше супер! Фильм Клушанцева "Планета бурь"! 1962 года! Ведь было же время, когда у нас воровали, а не мы копировали...

[stellaferrara]

Muy bien lograda para la epoca, aqui en Argentina la pasaban muchas veces en tv los sabados por la tarde hace bastante tiempo atras, me fascinaba verla como otras del mismo genero son parte de una cultura que deberiamos seguir conservando...gracias por compartir💜🌎