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Hard to Be a God (1989) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1989 · 119 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Peter Fleischmann
- Starring
- Gayle Hunnicutt, Werner Herzog, Pierre Clémenti, Birgit Doll, Vyacheslav Ganenko, Christine Kaufmann
On a medieval‑era planet, an Earth researcher from the Institute of Experimental History is sent undercover as noble Don Rumata of Estor to find his counterpart in Arkanar. After the resident dies in a failed coup, Rumata assumes his role and faces peasant wars, palace intrigues and mass executions, realizing he cannot remain a detached observer.
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