Hard to Be a God

– Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 59 Minutes
Release Year:
1989
Original Name:
Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein
Hard to Be a God (1989) - Also known as Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein

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...

Release Date:

07 Aug 1991

Language:

German

Director:

Peter Fleischmann

Writer:

Jean-Claude Carrière (screenplay), Pierre Christin, Peter Fleischmann (screenplay), Arkadiy Strugatskiy (novel), Boris Strugatskiy (novel)

Main Actors:

Edward Zentara, Aleksandr Filippenko, Hugues Quester, Anne Gautier

Plot:

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...

Awards:

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Sever Studio

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10