Hard to Be a God (1989 film)
| Hard to Be a God | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Fleischmann |
| Written by | Jean-Claude Carrière |
| Starring |
Werner Herzog Alexander Philippenko Edward Żentara |
| Music by | Jürgen Fritz |
| Cinematography |
Jerzy Goscik Pavel Lebeshev Klaus Müller-Laue |
| Edited by |
Marie-Josée Audiard Christian Virmond |
Release dates | 1989 |
Running time | 119 min. |
| Country |
Soviet Union West Germany |
| Language | Russian |
Hard to Be a God (German: Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein, Russian: Трудно быть богом) is a joint USSR-Germany science fiction film directed by Peter Fleischmann released in 1989, based on the novel of the same name by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
The Strugatsky brothers' main request was for the director to be of Soviet origin, possibly Aleksei German. Still, against their will, Fleischmann became the director of this project. Because of Fleischmann's intractability and difficult nature, Arkady and Boris Strugatsky stopped collaborating with him and abandoned the film. As a result the final product was heavily criticized by them. (source in Russian) This led to the 2013 film development.
Grant Stevens performed the title song.
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