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

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.

slow-burnbleakcerebralunsettlingmeditativeweirdretrophilosophical

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)

Trailer

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