Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 177 min.)) : sound, color |
Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Credits |
Directed by Aleksei Yuryevich German. |
Cast |
Leonid Yarmolnik, Dmitriy Vladimirov, Laura Lauri. |
Summary |
When legendary Russian auteur Aleksei German died in 2013, he left behind this extraordinary final film, a phantasmagoric adaptation of the revered sci-fi novel by the Strugatsky brothers (authors of the source novel for Tarkovsky's Stalker). Hard to be a God began percolating in German's consciousness in themid-1960s, and would actively consume him for the last 15 years of his life. Hebrought the film close enough to completion for his wife and son to apply the finishing touches immediately after his passing. Taking place on the planet Arkanar, which is in the midst of its own Middle Ages, the film focuses on Don Rumata (Leonid Yarmolnik), one of a group of Earth scientists who have been sent to Arkanar with the proviso that they must not interfere in the planet's political or historical development. Treated by the planet's natives as a kind of divinity, Don Rumata is both godlike and impotent in the face of its chaos and brutality. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
Subject |
Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.
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Civilization, Medieval -- Drama.
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Intellectuals -- Drama.
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Regression (Civilization) -- Drama.
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Human-alien encounters -- Drama.
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Scientists -- Drama.
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Added Author |
German, Aleksei, Jr., 1976- Director. Scenarist.
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Karmalita, Svetlana. Scenarist.
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I︠A︡rmolʹnik, Leonid. Actor.
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Tsurilo, Yuriy. Actor.
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Strugackij, Arkadij (Arkadij Natanovič), 1925-1991. Bibliographic antecedent.
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Strugackij, Boris (Boris Natanovič), 1933-2012. Bibliographic antecedent.
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Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
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Music No. |
MWT11584803 |
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