Overview
Plot
On a medieval-style planet, an Earth observer posing as noble Don Rumata of Estor arrives in Arkanar to contact a local resident. When the resident dies in a failed palace coup, Rumata takes his place and confronts the horrors of this society.
- Directors
- Peter Fleischmann
- Cast
- Edward Żentara, Aleksandr Filippenko, Andrei Boltnev, Mikhail Gluzskiy, Hugues Quester, Anne Gautier, Christine Kaufmann, Pierre Clémenti, Elguja Burduli, Birgit Doll, Werner Herzog, Regimantas Adomaitis, Thomas Schücke, Lev Perfilov, Gayle Hunnicutt, Nina Ilyina, Alicia Omelchuk, Vyacheslav Ganenko, Serhii Dvoretskyi
- Country
- France, Germany, Soviet Union, Switzerland
- Genre
- Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Release date
- 1990-01-25
- Studios
- B.A. Produktion, Garance Films, Hallelujah Films, Mediactuel, Sovinfilm, ZDF, Dovzhenko Film Studios
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An employee of Earth's Institute of Experimental History is sent to a planet in its medieval period, operating under the identity of noble Don Rumata of Estor. His mission is to contact the institute's local resident in the city of Arkanar, but the resident dies during an unsuccessful palace coup, forcing Rumata to assume his role. He soon encounters a peasant war, palace coups, and mass executions, making it impossible to remain an indifferent observer.
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