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Hard to Be a God
Hard to Be a God
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HARD TO BE A GOD

Трудно быть богом

Directed by Aleksei German
Russia, 2013
Sci-Fi, Drama

Synopsis

An Earth scientist is sent to a planet that resembles our own during the Middle Ages—and he must not interfere in the planet’s political or historical development. Treated by the planet’s natives as a kind of divinity, he is both godlike and impotent in the face of chaos and brutality.

Synopsis

An Earth scientist is sent to a planet that resembles our own during the Middle Ages—and he must not interfere in the planet’s political or historical development. Treated by the planet’s natives as a kind of divinity, he is both godlike and impotent in the face of chaos and brutality.

Our take

This medieval monochrome epic from visionary Russian director Aleksei German was adapted from a novel by Soviet sci-fi masters the Strugatskiy brothers (Stalker). Years in the making, this mad and monumental feat of the imagination plunges humanity into the mire on a quest for civilization itself.