Hard to Be a God

Name: Hard to Be a God
Director: Peter Fleischmann
Released: 1990
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Edward Zentara, Edward Zentara, Aleksandr Filippenko, Anne Gautier, Christine Kaufmann

1990 · 119 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 1,301 VOTES · DIR. Peter Fleischmann

Overview

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...

Dialogue Timeline — 1,173 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 In the border area between Irukan and Arkanar

00:07:30 Tell people that you have seen us, will you?

00:11:22 I heard that you are holding someone captive.

00:15:01 Your Majesty?

00:20:40 He wasn't undergoing the protective treatment any more, either.

00:24:19 No, no. Definitely not.

00:28:34 Are you implying that our town is not the greatest and the most splendid?

00:33:34 He tells of the strange form of these stars.

00:36:59 People say that Reba often takes her with him to the interrogations.

00:40:21 Do you like it? Wait and you'll be thrilled.

00:45:45 The wrath of God will destroy you if you don't stop him.

00:53:22 A strange man. He didn't resist when they took him away.

00:58:38 We don't waste any time.

01:04:52 Hard to believe we were once like that too.

01:10:36 You can talk, up there. You're watching me all the time, secretly.

01:13:49 Why don't you hang yourself?

01:19:31 Hey, look. What's this?

01:24:15 We learned to control our emotions. That doesn't seem to work any more.

01:29:04 Rascal.

01:33:45 You don't know who you're dealing with. Look.

01:38:20 Where's Budach?

01:42:53 Something like that has been tried before.

01:48:08 Detonation will occur in two...

01:55:42 Pray to God to give thanks.

Cast & Characters

Edward Zentara Rumata Edward Zentara Anton Aleksandr Filippenko Reba Anne Gautier Kyra Christine Kaufmann Okana Andrei Boltnev Budach Pierre Clémenti King Hugues Quester Suren Mikhail Gluzskiy Hauk Elguja Burduli Baron Pampa Birgit Doll Anka

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,173

Dialogue density9.9 lines / min

First line00:00:01

Final line01:55:42

Production Record

DirectorPeter Fleischmann

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes1,301