Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein

Aug 7 1991 N/A 1h 59m
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible...

Plot

Another planet in the period of medieval times. An employee of the institute of experimental history from Earth, who is send under the name of noble don Rumata of Estor as a spy with a mission to contact the local resident of the institute, arrives in the city of Arkanar. But the resident perishes under an unlucky attempt to make a palace coup, and Rumata have to take his place as the resident. Soon he meets all the horrors of the medieval society - a peasant war, palace coups, mass executions. To continue to be an indifferent watcher of all these horrors turns out to be simply impossible...

Written by

Jean-Claude Carrière, Pierre Christin, Peter Fleischmann

Directed by

Peter Fleischmann

Production Countries

Switzerland, France, Russia, Germany

Production Companies

Sovinfilm, ZDF, Studio Dowschenko Kiew, Mediactuel, Hallelujah Films, Garance Films, B.A. Produktion

Languages

Deutsch

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
1,301
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA