DramaScience Fiction
Hard to Be a God
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
Directed by Aleksei German
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User score
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Status
Released
Released
February 27, 2014
Runtime
2h 57m
Language
Russian
Budget → Revenue
$7M → $1.3M
Top cast
Leonid Yarmolnik
Rumata
Yuriy Tsurilo
Baron Pampa
Natalya Moteva
Ari
Aleksandr Chutko
Don Reba
Evgeniy Gerchakov
Budakh
Pyotr Merkuryev
Gur
Juris Lauciņš
Hangman
Vytautas Paukste
Kabani
Konstantin Vorobyov
Poet
Aleksandr Cherednik
episode
Valentin Golubenko
Arata
Konstantin Bykov
Monk
Yuriy Dumchev
Rohe Keu
Aleksandr Karpukhov
episode
Aleksandr Ronis
Torchholder
Anvar Libabov
Slave
Aleksandr Levit
episode
Vladimir Rozygraev
episode
Dmitri Karpov
Grey lieutenant
Andrey Obarukhin
Battle monk
