Hard to Be a God

6.0

MovieDrama, Adventure19901h 59m

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...

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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...

Directed by: Peter Fleischmann
Written by: Peter Fleischmann, Jean-Claude Carrière, Pierre Christin, Dal Orlov
Genres: Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction
Released: January 25, 1990
Runtime: 1h 59m
Status: Released
Original title: Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein
Language: German
Countries: France, Germany, Soviet Union, Switzerland
Studios: B.A. Produktion, Garance Films, Hallelujah Films, Mediactuel, Sovinfilm, ZDF, Dovzhenko Film Studios