Hard to Be a God

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...

Country:

France,

Germany,

Soviet Union,

Switzerland

Genre:

Drama,

Adventure,

Science Fiction

Duration:

119 minutes

Year:

1990

Director:

Peter Fleischmann

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Company:

B.A. Produktion,

Garance Films,

Hallelujah Films,

Mediactuel,

Sovinfilm,

Studio Dowschenko Kiew,

ZDF

Cast:

Rumata / Anton

Reba

Budach

Hauk

Suren

Crew:

Director

Writer

Writer

Novel

Novel