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20121h 16mMovieDocumentary

A portrait of the Russian filmmaker Alexei Guerman via an exploration of the making of his latest film, an adaptation of It Is Difficult to Be a God, a science-fiction novel by the Strougaski brothers, on which he has been working for…

DirectorsPavel Kostomarov·Antoine Cattin

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Cast · Directed by Pavel Kostomarov

AGAleksei German
Aleksei German

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