---
title: 'Hard to Be a God (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Aleksei Yuryevich German'
released: '2013-11-13'
runtime_minutes: 177
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hard-to-be-a-god-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2328813/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hard to Be a God (2013)

2013 · 177 min · Drama, Science Fiction · Russia

Original title: Трудно быть богом

## Synopsis

Hard to Be a God is a 2013 Russian epic medieval science fiction film directed by Aleksei German who co-wrote the screenplay with Svetlana Karmalita. It was his last film and it is based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Leonid Yarmolnik](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-yarmolnik)
- **Director:** [Aleksei Yuryevich German](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-yuryevich-german)
- **Screenplay:** [Aleksei Yuryevich German](https://cinepixo.com/people/aleksei-yuryevich-german), [Boris Strugatsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-strugatsky), [Arkady Strugatsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/arkady-strugatsky), [Svetlana Karmalita](https://cinepixo.com/people/svetlana-karmalita)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Viktor Lebedev](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-lebedev)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vladimir Ilin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-ilin), [Yuri Klimenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuri-klimenko)

## Cast

- [Juris Lautsinsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/juris-lautsinsh)
- [Vytautas Paukštė](https://cinepixo.com/people/vytautas-paukste)
- [Yevgeny Vazhenin](https://cinepixo.com/people/yevgeny-vazhenin)
- [Vasiliy Domrachyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vasiliy-domrachyov)
- [Yuriy Tsurilo](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-tsurilo)
- [Mikhail Guro](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikhail-guro)
- [Pyotr Merkuryev](https://cinepixo.com/people/pyotr-merkuryev)
- [Pavel Stepanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-stepanov)
- [Valery Boltyshev](https://cinepixo.com/people/valery-boltyshev)
- [Yuriy Dumchev](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-dumchev)
- [Yuriy Nifontov](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuriy-nifontov)
- [Konstantin Vorobyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-vorobyov)
- [Leonid Yarmolnik](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonid-yarmolnik)
- [Evgeniy Gerchakov](https://cinepixo.com/people/evgeniy-gerchakov)
- [Zurab Kipshidze](https://cinepixo.com/people/zurab-kipshidze)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hard-to-be-a-god-2013
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