Hard to Be a God (film, 2007)

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Hard to Be a God
Directed by Aleksei German
Produced by Lenfilm
Written by Aleksei German
Svetlana Karmalita
Starring Leonid Yarmolnik as Don Rumata
Release date(s) 2007 (estimated)
Country Russia-Czech Republic
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Hard to Be a God (Translit. Trudno byt' bogom, Russian: Трудно быть богом) is a Russian science fiction film directed by Aleksei German. Based on the novel with the same title by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

Filming processed since autumn 2007 (Czech Republic) up to August 3, 2006 (Lenfilm studios, Saint Petersburg, Russia). Now it is in the editing and montage process.

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On another planet, which goes through its middle ages, a group of historians from Earth live pretending to be average people. The main character, known as Don Rumata, is disgusted by cruelties he observes on everyday basis but is prohibited by his superiors from interfering and thus changing the natural course of history of the planet. The only thing the historians have a right to do is to protect and help few individuals who seem to be different from everybody else and can benefit the entire planet through their knowledge and ideas. Rumata has to find one of these people, Budakh, and rescue him from the hands of Don Reba, a ruler of the country and an insane tyrant.


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