Hard to Be a God
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
Genres
Drama, Science Fiction
Studio
Sever Studio
Language
ru
Status
Released
How Hard to Be a God performed
Budget
$7.0M
Worldwide Gross
$1.3M
Gross Profit
−$5.7M
Return
0.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$189K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
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Leonid Yarmolnik
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Yuriy Tsurilo
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Aleksandr Chutko
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Evgeniy Gerchakov
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Pyotr Merkuryev
Gur
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Juris Lauciņš
Hangman
Kabani
Vytautas Paukste
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Poet
Konstantin Vorobyov
Poet
episode
Aleksandr Cherednik
episode
Arata
Valentin Golubenko
Arata
Monk
Konstantin Bykov
Monk
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