Hard to Be a God / Трудно быть богом
- Drama
- Science Fiction
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
Hard to Be a God is a 2014 science fiction drama about a team of scientists sent to a medieval-stage alien planet to guide its civilization toward progress without direct intervention. The film explores the moral complexity of non-interference as one scientist, Rumata, struggles to prevent intellectuals from being punished, forcing him to take a stand.
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Leonid YarmolnikRumata
Yuriy TsuriloBaron Pampa
Natalya MotevaAri
Aleksandr ChutkoDon Reba
Evgeniy GerchakovBudakh
Pyotr MerkuryevGur
Juris LauciņšHangman
Vytautas PauksteKabani
Konstantin VorobyovPoet
Aleksandr Cherednikepisode
Valentin GolubenkoArata
Konstantin BykovMonk
Yuriy DumchevRohe Keu
Aleksandr Karpukhovepisode
Aleksandr RonisTorchholder
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When was Hard to Be a God released?
The film was released on February 27, 2014.
What is the plot about?
Scientists are sent to the planet Arkanar to help guide a medieval civilization toward progress, but they are forbidden from using violence or killing. The protagonist Rumata finds this constraint tested when he attempts to save local intellectuals from execution.
What genre is Hard to Be a God?
It is a science fiction drama that combines philosophical themes about intervention and progress with speculative worldbuilding.
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