I understand that Roger Corman took this film and made it into his own thing for the American market. I might want to check that, but just now I saw the original, and it was really something...
The settings and the miniatures really take the cake in this one, especially considering it was made in '63. But the romantic aspect, those corny (love)songs and the dream(y) sequences give it a nice boost as well. You'll have to look past some of that 'stick figure-acting', listen to a load of out there 'scientific' talk and take some of those grand Russian sentiments in stride, but through all that this is quite the entertaining flick.
7 out of 10.
The settings and the miniatures really take the cake in this one, especially considering it was made in '63. But the romantic aspect, those corny (love)songs and the dream(y) sequences give it a nice boost as well. You'll have to look past some of that 'stick figure-acting', listen to a load of out there 'scientific' talk and take some of those grand Russian sentiments in stride, but through all that this is quite the entertaining flick.
7 out of 10.