Presented by MCA Chicago 

In the distant future, a space traveler from Earth breaks a special law and interferes with the history of another, Medieval-like, planet.

In Russian with English subtitles

“The most-off kilter film of our times was, perhaps, this astonishing one. Years in the making, three hours long, completed after the death of its director Alexei German, it’s set on a teeming, rancid planet on which art and thought are quelled. Hard To Be a God is a medieval Mad Max in the mud. It pushed film as far as it could go. Few artworks in the 21st Century were more dense, confusing, or sensory.  What lay beyond its excess?   The shock of the new. New ways of seeing in film, the black box where light matters.” – Mark Cousins