Hard to Be a God
177 mins
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.
Juris Lauciņš
Palach
Anvar Libabov
slave
Andrey Obarukhin
battle monk
Ramis Ibragimov
Mucha, slave
Mikhail Guro
grey officer
Aleksandr Orlovskiy
Pashka
Marina Rokina
king's mistress
Yuriy Ashikhmin
slave
Evgeniy Levitskiy
gate guard (uncredited)
Mikhail Silantyev
slave
Pavel Romanov
loyal bookreader
Aleksandr Seleznyov
Kabani's helper
Mariya Amosova
Editor
Rushan Nasibulin
Producer
Viktor Izvekov
Producer
Irina Gorokhovskaya
Editor
Alexey Rodionov
Additional Director of Photography
Oleg Vasilyuk
Stunt Coordinator
Yuri Feting
Assistant Director
Olga Izvekova
Makeup Designer
Oleg Yudin
Assistant Director
Natalya Ratkevich
Makeup Artist
Svetlana Karmalita
Screenplay
Nikolai Astakhov
Sound
Sergey Kokovkin
Production Design