Hard to Be a God (Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein) 34 years old

Hard to Be a God

Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible...

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Hard to Be a God Cast

Name Character
Mikhail Gluzskiy He was 71, 82 years old when he died as Hauk
Pierre Clémenti He was 47, 57 years old when he died as King
Andrei Boltnev He was 43, 49 years old when he died as Budach
Birgit Doll She was 31, 57 years old when she died as Anka
Werner Herzog He was 47, now 81 years old as Mita / Richard
Christine Kaufmann She was 44, 72 years old when she died as Okana
Hugues Quester He was 41, now 75 years old as Suren
Aleksandr Filippenko He was 45, now 79 years old as Reba
Regimantas Adomaitis He was 52, now 87 years old as Richard Kondor
Elguja Burduli He was 48, now 83 years old as Baron Pampa
Edward Żentara He was 33, 55 years old when he died as Rumata / Anton
Anne Gautier as Kyra

Hard to Be a God Crew

Name Department
Pavel Lebeshev as Director of Photography. He was 49 (63) years old when He died Camera
Peter Fleischmann as Director. He was 52 (now 86) years old Directing
Peter Fleischmann as Writer. He was 52 (now 86) years old Writing
Arkadiy Strugatskiy as Novel. He was 64 (66) years old when He died Writing
Boris Strugatskiy as Novel. He was 56 (79) years old when He died Writing
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Hard to Be a God (34 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, January 25, 1990
  • Runtime: 119 minutes