Hard to be a god [DVD video]

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Added Author:

German, Alekseĭ, film director, screenwriter.

Nasibuli, Rushan, producer.

Izvekov, Viktor, producer.

Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

[New York] : Kino Lorber, [2015]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (177 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

Don Rumata is one of a group of Earth scientists who have been sent to the planet 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 is both godlike and impotent in the face of its chaos and brutality.

General Note:

Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

Performers:

Leonid Yarmolnik, Yuriy Tsurilo, Natalia Moteva, Aleksandr Chutko, Evgeniy Gerchakov.

Technical Details:

DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 ; widescreen (1.66:1) presentation ; 5.1 surround.

Subject Term:

Human-alien encounters -- Drama.

Extraterrestrial beings -- Drama.

Scientists -- Drama.