Hard to Be a God
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Peter Fleischmann
Director
Werner Herzog
Mita
Pierre Clementi
King
Christine Kaufman
Michail Gluski
El Gudscha Burduli
Film Details
Also Known As
E'Difficile Essere un Dio, Es Ist Nicht Leicht Ein Gott Zu Sein, Poder de un Dios, Un Dieu Rebelle
Genre
Adventure
Fantasy
Release Date
1989
Production Company
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Zdf)
Distribution Company
Araba; Constantin Film Development, Inc.; Jugendfilm; Shochiku Company, Ltd.; Ugc; Ugc International; Village Roadshow Limited
Location
Mosfilm Studios, Soviet Union; Georgia, Soviet Union; Bavaria Studios, Munich, West Germany; Yalta, Soviet Union; Azerbaidjan, Soviet Union; Armenia, Soviet Union
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 13m
Synopsis
Director
Peter Fleischmann
Director
Cast
Werner Herzog
Mita
Pierre Clementi
King
Christine Kaufman
Michail Gluski
El Gudscha Burduli
Birgit Doll
Regimantas Adomaitis
Thomas Schuke
Aleksandr Boltnev
Gayle Hunnicutt
Anne Gautier
Edward Zentara
Hugues Quester
Victor Banerjee
Sami Frey
Fernando Rey
Wolfgang Reichmann
Oleg Jankowski
Brigitte Karner
Rolf Hoppe
Jeffrey Kime
Desiree Becker
Hanns Zischler
Daniel Mesguich
Oleg Yankovsky
Crew
Marie-jo Audiard
Editor
Jean-claude Carriere
Screenwriter
Sergei Chotimski
Art Direction
Georges Delerue
Music
Peter Fleischmann
Screenwriter
Peter Fleischmann
Producer
Jurgen Fritz
Music
Jerzy Goscik
Director Of Photography
Pet Halmen
Costumes
Wilen Kaljuta
Director Of Photography
Vladimir Knessef
Line Producer (Ussr)
Vladimir Knessef
Producer
Pavel Lebeshev
Director Of Photography
Yuri Lemeshev
Special Effects
Mikhail Levtschenko
Art Direction (Ussr)
Oksana Medwed
Art Direction
Jean-claude Meziers
Storyboard Artist
Rainer Mockert
Line Producer (West Germany)
Klaus Muller-laue
Director Of Photography
Michael Pilz
Art Direction
Michele Richer
Costumes
Gisela Storch
Costume Designer
Boris Strugatsky
Source Material (From Novel)
Arkady Strugatzki
Source Material (From Novel)
Boris Strugatzki
Source Material (From Novel)
Angelika Stute
Executive Producer
Dominique Vignet
Producer
Christian Virmond
Editor
Francis Von Buren
Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
E'Difficile Essere un Dio, Es Ist Nicht Leicht Ein Gott Zu Sein, Poder de un Dios, Un Dieu Rebelle
Genre
Adventure
Fantasy
Release Date
1989
Production Company
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Zdf)
Distribution Company
Araba; Constantin Film Development, Inc.; Jugendfilm; Shochiku Company, Ltd.; Ugc; Ugc International; Village Roadshow Limited
Location
Mosfilm Studios, Soviet Union; Georgia, Soviet Union; Bavaria Studios, Munich, West Germany; Yalta, Soviet Union; Azerbaidjan, Soviet Union; Armenia, Soviet Union
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 13m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States September 12, 1989
Released in United States 1991
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Venice Night) September 12, 1989.
Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica February 28 - March 8, 1991.
Began shooting June 23, 1987.
Film took eight years to produce.
Released in United States September 12, 1989 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Venice Night) September 12, 1989.)
Released in United States 1991 (Shown at American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica February 28 - March 8, 1991.)
