Hard to be a god = Trudno byt bogom

Author

Alekseĭ German

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN, WSQ)

Languages

In Russian, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

Leonid Yarmolnik, Yuriy Tsurilo, Natalia Moteva, Aleksandr Chutko, Evgeniy Gerchakov.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2015]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (177 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Don Rumata is one of a group of Earth scientists who have been sent to the planet Arkanar, which is in the midst of its own Middle Ages, 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 is both godlike and impotent in the face of its chaos and brutality.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2013.