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Release Date:
February 27, 2013
Original Title:
Трудно быть богом
Alternate Titles:
It's hard to be a God
The Story of the Arcanar Massacre
Trudno byt' bogom
Хроника Арканарской резни
Genres:
Drama | Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Lenfilm
Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
Russia-1
Sever Studio
Production Countries:
Russia
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+ DE: 16 PL: 12 PT: M/16 RU: 18+
Runtime: 177
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.
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Additional Director of Photography:
Alexey Rodionov
Assistant Director:
Yuri Feting
Oleg Yudin
Director:
Aleksei German
Director of Photography:
Yury Klimenko
Vladimir Ilyin
Editor:
Mariya Amosova
Irina Gorokhovskaya
Makeup Artist:
Natalya Ratkevich
Makeup Designer:
Olga Izvekova
Novel:
Boris Strugatskiy
Arkadiy Strugatskiy
Original Music Composer:
Viktor Lebedev
Producer:
Rushan Nasibulin
Leonid Yarmolnik
Viktor Izvekov
Production Design:
Georgi Kropachyov
Elena Zhukova
Sergey Kokovkin
Screenplay:
Svetlana Karmalita
Aleksei German
Sound:
Nikolai Astakhov
Stunt Coordinator:
Oleg Vasilyuk
Stunts:
Dmitriy Solovyov
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