Hard to Be a God
119 mins
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...
Willi Segler
Producer
Jürgen Fritz
Original Music Composer
Dal Orlov
Writer
Oksana Medved
Production Design
Sergey Khotimskiy
Production Design
Jean-Claude Mézières
Art Designer
Valentina Rydvanova
Producer
Baranova Tatyana
Costume Design
Svetlana Ulko
Costume Design
Angelika Stute
Executive Producer
Dominique Vignet
Producer
Christian Virmond
Editor
Jerzy Gościk
Director of Photography
Marie-Josée Audiard
Editor
Klaus Müller-Laue
Director of Photography
Natalia Akayomova
Editor