Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women is a 1968 American science fiction film, one of two which were adapted from the 1962 Soviet SF film Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms) for Roger Corman. The original film was scripted by Alexander Kazantsev from his novel and directed by Pavel Klushantsev; the adaptation was made by Peter Bogdanovich, who chose not to have his name credited on the film prints, and included American-made principal scenes starring Mamie Van Doren.

A team of astronauts crashes on the surface of Venus. Accompanied by their robot, they explore the surface and end up destroying the Venusian God. This film is also known as “The Gill Women” and “The Gill Women of Venus“.

This film began life as a Soviet-produced work. An American producer then added some new footage and changed the credits to hide the film’s Soviet origin. The original film, “Planeta Bur”, is also known as “Cosmonauts on Venus”, “Planet of Storms”, “Planet of Tempests”, “Planeta Burg”, and “Storm Planet”. Much of the film “Planeta Bur” was also incorporated into the “American” film “Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet”.

This film was shown in “Pathe” color, which is essentially just a method of placing color filters over a black and white film. Consequently, the color that you see is not the true color of the sets but instead represents an “interpretation” of a black and white original.

Plot
Astronauts landing on Venus kill a creature that resembles a pterosaur and is worshiped by the local women. The women try to kill the astronauts by means of their superhuman powers, but fail. Eventually, the astronauts escape from the planet, and their robot, damaged by a volcanic fire, becomes the women’s new god.

Cast
Mamie Van Doren as Moana
Mary Marr as Verba
Paige Lee as Twyla
Judy Cowart
Margot Hartman as Mayaway
Irene Orton as Meriama
Pam Helton as Wearie
Frankie Smith as woman of Venus
Robin Smith
Adele Valentine
James David as Capt. Alfred Kern
Aldo Romani as Astronaut Andre Freneau
Roberto Martelli as Capt. William Lockhart
Ralph Phillips as Astronaut Howard Sherman
Murray Gerard as Astronaut Hans Walters
Robot John