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The world premiere of the latest film by Alexei German Sr. "It's hard to be a god" was held at the film festival in Rome, where the director was awarded a special prize posthumously - "Golden Lupa Capitolina" - for his contribution to cinema. In the photo galleries - footage from the film, which has already become a legend.

The painting "Hard to Be God" (formerly known as "The History of arkanarskoy Massacre") is an adaptation of the novel by the Strugatsky brothers, which tells the story of an earthling, a historian at the XXII century, sent as an observer to the humanoid planet, where there is the Middle Ages.





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The main role of Don Rumata Estorskogo in the film played by Leonid Yarmolnik. Noble nobleman Rumata - he's a historian Anton - lives a double life, trying to keep their humanity in the dark Middle Ages.



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Adaptation of the novel by the Strugatsky brothers Herman Sr. conceived in 1968, 4 years after the publication of the book. The first draft of the script was written jointly with Boris Strugatsky. But due to funding difficulties and complexities of sound picture production was delayed.



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The picture above was called "History arkanarskoy massacre", as the center of the plot was chosen coup in Arkanare. To power the religious order, organizing the persecution of the "literate" scholars, artists and using for their own purposes inquisitorial methods.



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Pass on the screen imaginary Middle Ages has been very challenging. Filming took Herman Sr. more than 10 years (they started in 2000).



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Alex Herman created on the set of a completely different world: more sets, costumes, make-up. Crowd of his film could easily scare accidentally wormed passer of the XXI century.



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Convey ideas in the film directed by Vladimir Ilyin tried to operators already worked with Herman on the film "Khrustalev, the car!", And Yuri Klimenko, who shot "His Wife's Diary" by Alexei Uchitel and "Black Rose - an Emblem of Sorrow, Red Rose - the emblem of love" by Sergei Solovyov.



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Wife of the director, co-writer of the film, said Svetlana Karmalita picture finest work Herman: "It's hard to be a god" - this is a very clear and simple picture & lt; ... & gt; So my advice to the audience - just watch out for a hero and try to live with it his life & quot ;.



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For the hero, whose mission - to be a mere observer and not to interfere in what is happening quietly about their work becomes more difficult: "Again someone scored, thought Rumata. He wanted to roll up and pass by the place from which flowed the crowd shouted and where to pass and go. But he did not turn. He just ran a hand through his hair, which fell to a lock is not closed by a stone on a gold hoop. The stone was not stone, and TV transmitter lens, and the hoop was not a hoop, and radio. Historians in the world have seen and heard all they had seen and heard two hundred fifty nine scouts on the continents of the world. And so the scouts were obliged to watch and listen ».



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Alexei German Sr. did not have time to finish the film itself - February 21, 2013 the director died. Installation and dubbing picture was engaged by his son, director Alexei German Jr. As expected, the film will be released in February 2014.

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P.S. by TC.
In general, it is not too far from Arkanar our world today.
God be difficult - so be at least human. Although in our world it is also a feat. ©



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