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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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Playback is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV and Philo in United States, and available to rent or buy on Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. It's not currently on Netflix.

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