Italy / Sep 12, 1989 / Venice Film Festival
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible...
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Pierre Clémenti | King |
| Elguja Burduli | Baron Pampa |
| Birgit Doll | Anka |
| Werner Herzog | Mita / Richard |
| Regimantas Adomaitis | Richard Kondor |
| Elguja Burduli | baron Pampa |
| Thomas Schücke | Jan |
| Lev Perfilov | fake Budakh |
| Gayle Hunnicutt | |
| Nina Ilyina | Siula |
| Alicia Omelchuk | |
| Vyacheslav Ganenko | Budakh's pupil |
| Serhii Dvoretskyi | |
| Arnis Līcītis | Don Ripat |
| Kostiantyn Shaforenko | |
| Georgi Dvornikov | |
| Gennadiy Ivanov |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Es ist nicht leicht, ein Gott zu sein |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | Deutsch |
| Production countries | France, Germany, Soviet Union, Switzerland |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | B.A. Produktion, Garance Films, Hallelujah Films, Mediactuel, Sovinfilm, ZDF, Dovzhenko Film Studios |
| Release date | 25 gennaio 1990 |
| Executive producer | Vladimir Knyazev, Angelika Stute |
| Production | Peter Fleischmann, Willi Segler, Valentina Rydvanova, Dominique Vignet |
| Writer | Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Peter Fleischmann, Jean-Claude Carrière, Boris Strugatskiy, Pierre Christin, Dal Orlov |
| Editing | Christian Virmond, Marie-Josée Audiard, Natalia Akayomova |
| Cinematography | Jerzy Gościk, Pavel Lebeshev, Klaus Müller-Laue |
| Assistant directors | Peter Fleischmann, Jerzy Hoffman |
| Camera operators | Jerzy Gościk, Pavel Lebeshev, Klaus Müller-Laue |
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| Additional photography | Jerzy Gościk, Pavel Lebeshev, Klaus Müller-Laue |
| Production design | Oksana Medved, Sergei Khotimsky, Jean-Claude Mézières |
| Art direction | Oksana Medved, Jean-Claude Mézières, Sergei Khotimsky |
| Set decoration | Oksana Medved, Jean-Claude Mézières, Sergei Khotimsky |
| Visual effects | Yuri Lemeshev |
| Music | Jürgen Fritz |
| Sound | Jürgen Fritz |
| Costume design | Baranova Tatyana, Svetlana Ulko |
| Makeup | Baranova Tatyana, Svetlana Ulko |
| Hairstyling | Baranova Tatyana, Svetlana Ulko |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Germany / Jan 25, 1990 / 16 / West Germany
Russia / May 14, 1990 / In cinemas nationwide
Spain / Dec 20, 1990
France / Aug 07, 1991
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