Hard to Be a God (1990)
Original title: Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein
Hard to Be a God is a 1990 German-language drama movie directed by Peter Fleischmann, with a running time of 1h 59m. It stars Edward Żentara, Aleksandr Filippenko and Andrei Boltnev.
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...
Quick answers
What is Hard to Be a God about?
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...
When was Hard to Be a God released?
Hard to Be a God was released on 25 January 1990.
How long is Hard to Be a God?
Hard to Be a God runs 1h 59m.
Who made Hard to Be a God?
Hard to Be a God was directed by Peter Fleischmann.
Cast
- Edward Żentara as Rumata / Anton
- Aleksandr Filippenko as Reba
- Andrei Boltnev as Budach
- Mikhail Gluzskiy as Hauk
- Hugues Quester as Suren
- Anne Gautier as Kyra
- Christine Kaufmann as Okana
- Pierre Clémenti as King
- Elguja Burduli as Baron Pampa
- Birgit Doll as Anka
- Werner Herzog as Mita / Richard
- Regimantas Adomaitis as Richard Kondor