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

00:07:33 Wait. What's your name, stranger?

00:11:31 We are merely keeping him in the castle for his own safety.

00:15:16 A conspiracy among my noblemen?

00:21:05 For that, you will need money and clothes for various occasions.

00:25:05 - She has a mind of her own. - I'll chase you off in a minute.

00:29:19 Rumata is dishing out a lot of gold. And what gold!

00:34:32 Up here they're talking about a virus of barbarianism.

00:38:12 Forgive me. I'm sure the noble Rumata will understand.

00:43:22 What a pleasant surprise. What brings you here?

00:47:33 We're there.

00:55:53 I saw how they hanged our neighbours from their feet.

01:02:02 You put up with them because you're afraid. That's why.

01:07:37 Baron, you're a guinea pig!

01:12:40 - Have you seen my little Okana? - I'm afraid I haven't.

01:16:14 So, what's it like?

01:22:32 - And no one cries any more? - No one cries.

01:27:32 When I become king, I'll chop off Reba's head.

01:32:44 - The circumstances forced me to leave. - What circumstances?

01:37:09 This corridor takes you straight to the tower.

01:42:10 I'm not sure if that would be good. If they get everything without effort

01:47:28 - I'm switching to self-destruct. - No, you won't.

01:55:04 Women are to be respected.

02:01:20 You might have helped us before.

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 line02:01:20

Production Record

DirectorPeter Fleischmann

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes1,301