Trudno Byt' Bogom (Qué difícil es ser un Dios), Aleksei German, Errusia, 2013, 170', OV with spanish subtitles, DCP
Pure epic: the Russian director Aleksei German spent thirteen years working to adapt the science-fiction novel by the Strugatski brothers (the authors of Stalker) and died months before completing his great work. The result: a mixture between Herzog and Bruegel, Tarkokvski and Bosch... The Middle Ages and the future fusing together strictly in black and white.
Director: Aleksei German, Screenplay: Svetlana Karmalita, Aleksei German, Photography: Vladimir Llin, Yuri Klimenko, Sound: N. Astakhov Editing: Irina Gorokhovskaya, Maria Amosova, Cast: Leonid Yarmonik, Aleksandr Chutko, Yuriy Tsurilo, Natalia Moteva, Distribution: Capricci Cine
Aleksei German spent thirteen years working to adapt the science-fiction novel by the Strugatski brothers.