Hard to Be a God (1989)
- Original title
- Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein
- Directed by
- Peter Fleischmann
- Genre
- action film, science fiction film, adventure film
- Country
- Soviet Union, Germany, France, Switzerland
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 48 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A scientist from a more advanced civilization is sent to a medieval planet where he must hide his true nature. He watches the brutal society around him while struggling with the ethics of interfering.
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What happens
Hard to Be a God (German: Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein, Russian: Трудно быть богом, French: Un dieu rebelle) is a West German-Soviet-French-Swiss science fiction film directed by Peter Fleischmann and released in 1989, the movie based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Grant Stevens performed the title song, and the rest of the musical score was written and played by Hans-Jürgen Fritz, the ex-keyboardist for the German progressive rock band Triumvirat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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