Hard to Be a God
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Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible...
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28 people
Edward Żentara
Rumata / Anton
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Aleksandr Filippenko
Reba
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Andrei Boltnev
Budach
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Mikhail Gluzskiy
Hauk
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Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
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Hugues Quester
Suren
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Anne Gautier
Kyra
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Christine Kaufmann
Okana
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Pierre Clémenti
King
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Belle de Jour
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Elguja Burduli
Baron Pampa / baron Pampa
Known for
Dark Eyes
Birgit Doll
Anka
Known for
The Seventh Continent
Werner Herzog
Mita / Richard
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Jack Reacher
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Regimantas Adomaitis
Richard Kondor
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Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
Peter Fleischmann Director · Jean-Claude Carrière Writer Pierre Christin Writer
Director Writer
Peter Fleischmann
Writer
Jean-Claude Carrière
Writer
Pierre Christin
Author
Arkadiy Strugatskiy
Author
Boris Strugatskiy
Composer
Jürgen Fritz
Cinematographer
Pavel Lebeshev
Cinematographer
Klaus Müller-Laue
Cinematographer
Jerzy Gościk
Editor
Marie-Josée Audiard
Editor
Christian Virmond
Editor
Natalia Akayomova
Production designer
Sergei Khotimsky
Production designer
Oksana Medved
Costume designer
Baranova Tatyana
Costume designer
Svetlana Ulko
First release September 12, 1989 · Produced in France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Russia · Production Garance Films, Hallelujah Films
Production
B.A. Produktion
Production
Garance Films
Production
Hallelujah Films
Production
Mediactuel
Production
Sovinfilm
Production
ZDF
Production
Dovzhenko Film Studios
Production
France · Germany · Russia · Switzerland · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Italy · September 12, 1989
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Germany · January 25, 1990
Theatrical · West Germany
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 7, 1991 · Theatrical
Russia
May 14, 1990 · Theatrical · In cinemas nationwide
Spain
December 20, 1990 · Theatrical
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