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Hard to Be a God(Movie, 2013)

Original title: "Трудно быть богом" (Russian/RU)
FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 57min | Genres: Drama, Science Fiction
Hard to Be a GodRating: 3.4/5 (with 6363 votes)
Hard to Be a God (Russian: Трудно быть богом, romanized: Trudno byt' bogom) is a 2013 Russian epic medieval science fiction film directed by Aleksei German who co-wrote the screenplay with Svetlana Karmalita. It was his last film and it is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. A team of scientists travel to the planet Arkanar that is culturally and technologically centuries behind — progress is stuck way back in the Middle Ages. Anybody the inhabitants of the planet consider an intellectual is instantly executed. The scientists are ordered to not interfere and work undercover, but one of them, Rumata, wishes to stop the senseless murders of brilliant minds and is forced to at last pick a side. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Hard to Be a God

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About Hard to Be a God

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: Russia
Based on the work of: Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky ("Hard to Be a God")
Original language: Russian (RU)
Spoken languages: Russian (RU)
Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/03/2015 (World premiere: 02/27/2013)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Trudno byt' bogom"
"Хроника Арканарской резни"
"The Story of the Arcanar Massacre"
Budget: 7,000,000 USD
Revenue: 1,310,673 USD (= 19%)
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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