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Battaglie negli spazi stellari (1977)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1977
Running Times: 95 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Nais Film
Producer: Luigi Alessi

SCRIPT
Script: Massimo Lo Jacono, Giacomo Mazzocchi

DIRECTION
Director: Al Bradley (real name: Alfonso Brescia)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Silvio Fraschetti

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Carlo Reali

MUSIC
Music: Marcello Giombini

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Aldo Frollini

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Mimmo Scavia

CAST
John Richardson (MIke Leighton)
Yanti Sommer (Diane)
West Buchanan
Ely King
Gaetano Balestrieri
Nicolas Barthe
Massimo Bonetti
Charles Borromel
Aldo Canti (Frank Bimble)
Omero Capanna
Romeo Costantini
Massimo De Cecco
Daniele Dublino
Giuseppe Fortis
Gisela Hahn
Vassili Karis (Svensson)
Malisa Longo
Walter Maestosi
Jacques Stany (Miller)

PLOT SUMMARY

The crew of a spaceship land on a planet where the inhabitants are ruled over by a mad, sentient super-computer.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Reel Media International
Video Distributors: Paragon Video

TIMELINE

1978
January
21: Italy – passed by the censor board

February
17: Italy – theatrical release

1983
August
17: France – theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Battle of the Stars - West German title
Cosmo 2000 - Battaglie negli spazi stellari
Cosmo 2000 - l'invasione degli extro-corpi
Cosmo 2000: Planet Without a Name
- US title
Cosmos: War of the Planets - US title
War of the Planets - US title

KEYWORDS

aliens, computers, robots, space travel, space wars, spaceships

 


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