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When legendary Russian auteur Aleksei German died in 2013, he left behind this extraordinary final film, a phantasmagoric adaptation of the revered sci-fi novel by the Strugatsky brothers (authors of the source novel for Tarkovsky's STALKER). HARD TO BE A GOD began percolating in German's consciousness in the mid-1960s, and would actively consume him for the last 15 years of his life. Happily, he brought the film close enough to completion for his wife and son to apply the finishing touches immediately after his passing. Taking place on the planet Arkanar, which is in the midst of its own Middle Ages, the film focuses on Don Rumata, one of a group of earth scientists who have been sent to Arkanar with the proviso that they must not interfere in the planet's political or historical development. Treated by the planet's natives as a kind of divinity, Don Rumata is both godlike and impotent in the face of its chaos and brutality.
Original Release
02/27/2013
US Release
05/19/2015
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Leonid Yarmolnik | Don Rumata |
Aleksandr Chutko | Don Reba |
Yuriy Tsurilo | Baron Pampa / Don Reba |
Evgeniy Gerchakov | Budakh |
Valentin Golubenko | Arata |
Leonid Timtsunik | Arima |
Natalya Moteva | Ari |
Nikita Strukov | Kusis |
Gali Abaydulov | |
Yuriy Ashikhmin | Rab / slave |
Directors
Writers
Aleksey German, Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy, Svetlana Karmalita
Cast
Name | Character |
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Leonid Yarmolnik | Don Rumata |
Aleksandr Chutko | Don Reba |
Yuriy Tsurilo | Baron Pampa / Don Reba |
Evgeniy Gerchakov | Budakh |
Valentin Golubenko | Arata |
Leonid Timtsunik | Arima |
Natalya Moteva | Ari |
Nikita Strukov | Kusis |
Gali Abaydulov | |
Yuriy Ashikhmin | Rab / slave |
Remigijus Bilinskas | Voin |
Valeriy Boltyshev | don Ripat |
Vasiliy Domrachyov | vozchik Rumaty / Rumata's carter |
Galina Egorova | |
Lev Eliseev | |
Valeriy Guryanov | Monakh |
Ramis Ibragimov | Muga / Mucha, slave |
Daniil Isakov | Uno |
Aleksandr Kabanov | |
Zura Kipshidze | Zurab |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Leonid Yarmolnik | Producer |
Viktor Izvekov | Producer |