Producers R. Nasibulin, V. Izvekov Production Manager M. Dovladbegyan
Based on Hard to Be a God, a novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
This is not Earth. It's another planet, about 800 years behind.
There were a few similar planets This one was smaller and closer
And local grey castles were reminiscent of early Renaissance.
So about 30 scientists were sent here
But Renaissance didn't happen here Just a
reaction to something. That almost didn't happen.
In the capital Arkanar, it started with destroying the university.
And a hunt for thinkers, wise guys, bookworms and talented artisans.
So they fled to the neighboring Irukan.
It was better there. Others, broke doors or were executed.
By the flying squads of Don Reba, the Crown Security Minister
Squad members - drovers and shopkeepers
wore grey, Grey troops, grey minister.
The royal guard was pushed aside.
Screenplay by S. Karmalifca, A. German
Poverty poverty.
Director A. German
The stones were white and flat.
Cinematography by V.llyin, Yu. Klimenko
Production design by S. Kokovkin, G. Kropachev, E. Zhukova
Rains here were short and sticky. But the fogs were
long They came from the gulf and returned there.
Hard to be a God
He often cease to sleep. Because he killed.
In his sleep. He wasn't allowed to kill, ever.
Then he heard his grandma's voice.
From his childhood on Earth. She smoked a cigarette and said
"Children's tears are water... It's all in your head, boy..."
The noble Don Rumata - Leonid Yarmolnik
A chimney smoked downstairs in his huge caste.
The slaves spoke loudly though it was forbidden.
He was not on Earth, but on a different planet
Here he was a 17th generation noble don.
An illegitimate son of Goran, a local pagan god.
Born from the god's mouth, not everyone believed this.
But everyone bewared.
Did you feed the turtle, idiot?
Mice lick off the lard.
They do.
Are you wearing my boots again?
I didn't mean to.
Costumes Ye. Shapkaitz Makeup by O. Izvekova, N.Ratkevich
Music by V.Febedev Sound by N.Astakhov
I'll hang myself.
I'll hang myself!
Why are you so loud when I'm sleeping? I'd sell you all at the port.
You, too. It's a pity slaves have fallen in price.
Die, you monster!
You die!
It's autumn, there are no mice.
Special thanks to A. German-Jr.
My whole life. My whole life.
A goose drowned here.
I broke a tooth.
It's a bit shallow. Let's do head first.
He bites like a ferret.
Found this under the pig. The letters are so even.
Great.
Let's go.
Wait, wait!
You, stinker, remember 40 years ago...
You called my book the poop of the Siou bird.
I don't remember I don't.
Hey, what are you doing? Such a bag.
He doesn't, remember 40 years of life. My whole life.
It's ok, you made it in time.
Let go, Soanian. This is our spyglass.
They stuck a wise guy into the shithouse down there.
His feet did this, then he went "glub-glub".
It's the same every fall.
Giddyup, you dead animal!
Goran the mighty, have pity on the poor slave.
I didn't take the shiny awl.
The wind changed, now smelling of rot. The city was
surrounded by fetid bottomless Pitanian swamps.
Still, people like the drowned bookworm crept to lrukan at nights.
They'd be met there. By the one eyed Amata the Hunchback's rebel peasants.
Or by the refugee slaves from tin mines, transparent like moths.
Colonel Kusis's grey soldiers. You pay or you die.
All because they used stone or paint to create a second nature.
To decorate the life of people who know no beauty.
Don Rumata hid wise guys here.
Were learning to fly, mostly downward.
Noble Don, take me from here.
Budakh the Doctor was to be brought here from Irukan.
Was a sober and logical mind created by this civilization. But Budakhi disappeared
Here's Pekh, beast with iron tail...
You're lying, there's no such beast
There, see, I'm falling.
You even got the birds drunk!
Destroy that monster!
Lf you ever brew that slop. again.
Why is it so depressing?
Because it's fall.
Fall again? Ha.
So white. Unbearable!
Can you believe that idiot synthesized alcohol.
That toad! The first on this planet!
He's a Leonardo! A real Da Vinci.
Earthlings gathered here, more rarely now.
They drank more and more and got mad at each other
I love you, but you don't love me.
Noble Dons, the hell with... all those presidents, kings...
get out of the way... or I'll hurt you!
I adopted a boy you know. He's alone, I'm alone...
Now there's two of us.
The boy is a thief.
He's an orphan, bastard.
I saw Earth again in my sleep, It's wonderful.
Ah, dreams.
Your guy Budakh disappeared. And the officer, too.
I'll get Budakh. I'm good at that.
The boy volunteered to snitch.
Hey you old fart! Give me a kiss!
You've got ants in your mouth. Here, eat that!
A trap, I said.
He got caught in a trap!
A boar trap. Comes off together to the foot.
Give me a knife. I'll cut it off. It hurts you jerks!
You want some poison?
Listen. 20 years ago one fucker back
home saw the outbreak of art here.
He called it Renaissance.
On this shitty planet.
I laughed. And you wrote that I'm an ass. I'm an ass.
Maybe, but where is the art?
And the Renaissance? Not here. And the whole life, eh?
My mistake. Sorry my bad. Listen, everyone.
I came. here without guards.
I was attacked by a naked runaway slave
from the mine. He choked me, see.
That's just a zit.
I have to go back alone. An arrow in the eye will kill me.
And you don't want to forgive me before my death Come on, let's kiss!
What a liar. Zurab, this scumbag has a whole crew of guards.
I'm not a liar. I'm Munchhausen. What'd you do without me?
Strange fools on a strange planet?
Your fucking Renaissance is the most vile age in the world's history!
It's dark and quiet. Not to me, to someone else. Well?
Not to me, to someone else. A wet umbrella rustled in.
You creep.
The Siou bird, never seen, steals silver.
And the servants get punished. Is that fair?
That bird doesn't. Exist, you fool!
Muga stood over the barrel and saw its shadow.
Nobody saw it but Muga.
Wonderful, only there's no happiness yet.
Slave, like this or this?
The rope noise scares the birds...
and they fly to the swamp. If you put sea
on the head, they peck the eyes. out.
One tobacconist a very smart man, he...
Rain.
Master, I'm not going any further...
it's too hard.
You'll keep going, or I'll flog you.
Master, you're kind, 'cause you're a god.
I sure will flog you.
When I die, don't throw me into the gulf. Burry me ¡n the ground.
Even if it's in the bam.
The Don's head is ouch.
The shooter's drunk.
This Don Arata the Hunchback. Is just a clot of swamp fog.
I was always sure.
They took the relics of your grandfather out...
and he and all his drunk peasants melted, too.
So why am I a bad poet? An awful one!
"Falls on my soul like an autumn leaf.
Prince and Barbarian girl." I have the book.
I burned it.
How stupid of you.
We're the young aristocracy. The country's reverse breath.
They did right, drowning Bota in the crap-house for such poet. Not me!
You think his poetry's bad?
Did the prince cry today?
Don Rumata cuts through double Soanian armor. This one survived!
Budakh didn't go through my office. The Colonel Kusis left the army.
He and Don Reba are in the lilac chambers.
Speaking that lousy language. Incredible!
Maybe he'll disappear.
Captain of crown guard. He has blood on his hands. On his whole body!
Noble Don, my whole???
Charming. Fear of death ¡s a heresy captain.
Do you seriously think you're a son of god?
(poem by Pastern) The murmurs ebb; onto the stage I enter I am
trying, standing in the dark to discover the distant echoes...
You're a redhead! He's a redhead! |
The murmurs ebb; onto the stage I enter I am trying,
standing in the dark to discover the distant echoes...
The coming years may hold in store. Natural darkness with a thousand...
Who wrote that?
I did!
Nocturnal darkness is an evening. I can teach you something. For money.
Crown security minister, Don Reba!
Don Reba, our eagle. Crown security. He
delivered ice for my Dad. Barefoot.
Let me have a sip.
Ask your dad to not turn my wine sour.
You majesty.
Did it get smaller? it didn't.
A nice head.
Who are you? A butcher?
I'm a colonel, a financier.
They've stuffed the castle with grey thugs.
Where is Arata the Hunchback? So he really is a mirage?
So great and glorious like eternity the king whose name...
Redhead^
Now I'll hang myself. No way.
Don Reba. You should stop by for a while.
I have these comfortable huge iron barrels.
No, you come over! I have great barrels in the Tower of Joy.
On coals, with lids. Without water
Rumata?
You really are a redhead. Reba, you've been promising to
strangle him. You're a liar, and not good at anything.
He has royal blood.
You should have known that!
He's good at everything. He's strangled half of your subjects.
I summoned this doctor, Budakh. For my knee pain. What'd he do with him?
You have knee pain, too?
You see! Marshal Tots!
Never. It says here Knight Don Reba, our eagle.
They sell it over Arkanar.
Wow! So is he really a knight?
Whatever they say. I don't know.
Show me your boot.
The spur. Take it off.
Where's your doctor?
The knight has him! Not in a barrel, I hope.
Bring him here!
He'll answer without inquest. You'll have a laugh!
It's night. Bloodsuckers fall from the ceiling.
And she's slippery. Keeps slipping off. No good.
Try a barbarian girl.
No way! She'll bite it off. Here, it's a gift.
You'll tell me later
There's Budakh. You always find something wrong.
And he won't be Budakh. I'm not good at anything!
It wasn't Budakh. It was a quack from???
You're not Budakh. And not a doctor!
He has your letter, too. Don Rumata.
Who drink? Everyone. Rumata, you drink!
He should. be strangled.
The shooter's drunk.
Redhead, you said.
The King got sick last night.
Remember, tonight you're on watch by the Prince's chambers.
The crossbow's broken. How do I go on now?
Play what I taught you.
The dog sprouted. It keeps raining.
Look, you know who that is...
There. Hold it like that.
Have your donkey fuck you.
Go on, sing!
Wine for tobacco.
Stand back, everyone.! I'll chop you all up.
Like a swan! It'd be nice in the morning!
The greys live here now! Brave guys.
You've smelled enough!
Come on.
As a token of peace.
No jokes in the face of holiness.
He's a redhead, come on.
Where're the monks coming from? What's in the bags?
Take a bite. You'll know suffering, Muga.
Stop yelling! I'll flog you at home!
This is the third family leaving.
It's all mine! No peeing in the carriage!
They keep peeing, in the carriage.
It will be a massacre tonight. They'll kill wise guys.
They left the old man behind.
A tobacconist from Tobacco street. A very smart man.
Water. Saint Mika drown in water.
Who did I tell about germs? I'll show you.
Can't wash sins away with water. I prayed three times last night.
I'll drown you in the barrel, you stinker.
It's funny! l
A double dinner? Here! It's his fault, he opened.
So the tobacconist from Tobacco street
is a very wise man. He said it.
Did anyone else see it? Everyone saw.
It's his fault. He opened it. Master sell the toad.
Actually the grey guys are coming.
Go on and wash, everyone! And no laughing
A turtle.
That's crap. What for?
Sit down.
What's wrong?
Sit down.
Take my ear.
Squeeze it hard. Harder!
Lf it hurts, I won't think and I'll tell you.
Brother came from the barracks yesterday He saw my underarms.
Started yelling that I have red hair. He lifted my dress.
Showed soldiers what it's like down there
He yelled that my mom is a redhead. And so am I, and he'll send
me to the Tower of Joy. Brother is Commander of a pack of greys.
They didn't do anything. Brother was drunk then, he couldn't.
They brought in a wise guy at night. And kept beating him.
He screamed. Dad and I cried in the back.
Her bag was like this. And now it's this! Go away, you stinker!
I see, but it feels like I can't see.
Why are you wearing my boots?
Stop! Bend over!
Don't beat me! Ah, you slashed me! I'm dying.
Stop screaming, you idiot. Here's a coin for you.
Who's beating you? I've never laid a finger on them.
And he's screaming, the idiot. You heard him screaming?
I've never laid a finger.
He's a cunning idiot.
Who stuck this here? Why? Okay I'm going.
Where're you going?
I've stolen enough..
Lf you leave. If you leave...
I'll be alone. Not counting you, pretty boy.
Nobody's a match for me here I can break anyone.
I never told you about the fangs.
Lf only I could give the fangs to you.
Nobody's hurt you then. You'd tear anyone to pieces.
Ouch. You idiot!
There!
I was afraid you didn't have one, like Saint Goran.
I have Groan's grandson in my womb. Here are my fangs.
Mom's key!
There you go!
Goran fell. My mom's Goran. You almost did it.
Yeah, keep lying!
Goran fell!
What? You think it's funny?
Your grace, someone saw a dude with gills in the creek. What's that?
Baron? What's wrong?
I don't drink. I only sniff now.
Baron, are you ill or mad at me?
Get out. It's really hard! The greys are like bedbugs.
I invited neighbors, they got drunk. Come here, my friend.
No, baron. I'm a foreigner. I can't do that.
There's a young one. Come here.
The neighbors came. They crap everywhere. They mutilate dogs.
And keep talking about you cutting through double Soanian armor.
That's just rumors. Don't believe that nonsense, baron.
It's so hard!
Soanians are little. They have very fragile armors.
It's all about sharpening the swords.
I'm the Empire's best swordsman! You're better than me.
You never killed anyone! Where do I get a Soanian one?
I got the baroness's grandfather's armor. I tried everything. Even a two-handed sword.
Then the baroness came in. All hell broke loose.
A day went by like in a fog.
I'll show you.
Just find the middle. You swing from your wrist. And I add the
shoulder, and body weight. That's it! It's just the swing.
Baroness!
She thinks I'll rot from all the water here.
You won't rot.
That's a nice size, ah?
The wind blew it away.
That's funny!
Here are clean table loths for puking on.
Can you fight with this?
No, it won't work.
It's think enough Baron, please add the shoulder
and back to your wrist. And you sink, see.
Noble Don. This is a very expensive chair. It's also grandfather's!
Wow.
He won't cut through it. No way.
First it seemed like...
Oops.
Get out of here.
Sorry my friend. It's just my job!
The Baroness didn't see this.
You'll crush me baron.
Pah, the grey thugs. They're all over, like fleas.
Get out of here, you beer gut!
The port's closed. There's meat rotting
on the galleys. I don't know why!
I have a secret to tell you. That doctor, in the king's castle.
He's not Budakh. He actually worked in the port.
At the cholera pit. And Budakh...
He's not Budakh. He actually worked in the port.
At the cholera pit. And Budakh...
No, noble Don, fish don't like milk.
I'm telling you, fish don't like milk.
Let's just agree that fish like milk.
I'm the captain of crown guard. No matter
what your baron, that beer gut, says...
I have a troop of haberdashers for him!
Yes, they do. They like it. Milk.
Where's Fika the Redhead, the butcher?
Go away, boy.
You're a god!
And if I am a god...
lf I'm a god then why am I on your arrest list? Shame on you!
You're a god because you're a god!
Where's Fika the Redhead, the butcher?
There's a soul, or there's no soul...
I stole a ham, I said, it's for you. A great piece.
Listen: "An impotent and inept one"... Go away!
An impotent and inept one will give up without knowing where
the monster's heart is if the monster even has one". Is that?
No, it's not bad!
Are you better? Go buy me a barrel of wine.
Don't come near me. Or you'll end up in the Tower of Joy.
And you'll die on the way there because you're a coward!
Get out of the city!
Thanks! I'll go stay with my mother.
Get out already.
Baron! Step out of the way!
You've broken the 3rd commandment! Quiet!
Really? What commandment?
Don't draw a sword in a tavern!
But I have no other sword!
It's too bad the baroness can't see me now! Victory!
Write her. I can't. She's rail alone there.
Estorian wine for everyone. And the best whores.
I'll have an elderly woman serve me.
It's so hard for me!
Write her so she can feel it.
Arata!
Yes. A very strict officer! Very. »
Get out of here! Nobody comes here.
It's cold.
What's this? A dog with spurs! I’ll rip your balls off!...
What's wrong with you? I'll puke!
The prince nibbles on her tits. Creepy.
Let me, eh? And Rumata will purr...
His wife ran away.
Why does my ass bleed? Second day now!
A nobleman should be clean and smell good!
I'll finish sleeping in the attic.
Don Rumata of Estor! You're under arrest! Hand over your swords!
What?
Hey, your swords!
Take whatever you want! Rumata can cut a double Soanian armor!
It's sharp! Give up your swords!
Ah, so did everyone come from the village?
I know this one!
I know this one. He stole a fur coat from me! You give
me the fur coat, and I'll give you my swords. Deal?
Who stole a fur coat? I never did! Soldiers! Spears!
There, the chest! Like this!
Now, everyone looks at the tip of the nose!
Cut, I'm telling you.
The lieutenant got caught in the net!
I'm a lieutenant of the guards! Let me go! I'll stab you all!
I'm a lieutenant of the. guards. You put me in a net?!
Where are the swords?
Wait, or this one will get out. He'll start lashing at us.
You toothless jerk, I'll cut your balls off!
You fat ass, come on, drag me somewhere!
What, Don, you're not having fun?
I'm a lieutenant of the royal guards!
The net's accidental...
Here's Don Rumata. Our old and staunch enemy.
The king's poisoner! Hang him, what else?
You're an idiot, Kusis. And a walking dead man!
What an interesting thought.
That's it, my lords!
Come on, I'm Colonel Kusis!
Now that's really it, my lords!'
The hat of sorrow.
You know what's bad? Not that you're a lieutenant.
But that you're grey.
Don't. But it doesn't hurt. It doesn't.
Don Rumata, what are you doing?
Give me your hand.
Noble Don Rumata... It stinks.
Noble Don Rumata...
Maybe not a Don? My trophy. Maybe not a Don? And not a noble?
Old man you're out of our mind!
Straight from Irukan.
Who's that
That's you! Actually, the last Rumata of Estor died of a bad disease.
He was 85, and we've had you for 20 years...
Wow. The grandson is a redhead! He's allowed.
That's mine too. All your papers. Rumata, you're 105.
105?
He's 105!
Really? 40, and carry 5 over. It doesn't work.
Hey, knight, come here!
What difference does it make plus or minus a legend?
Never! Not in the new state!
Why is there crap on the floor? The cleaners
need a flogging. Damn. And that duck...
Don Rumata, the empire's best swordsman. 186 duels and not one dead body.
Only ears. A total of 372 ears. Hello!
Hello! Ears really hurt you should believe me! Ouch.
If you swing the word from the right the hair's is the way.
You see. And it's because it's the right hand.
Let me go. Why do you keep doing that. That's horrible.
I know where you got your combat technique.
You shouldn't, old man.
Inhuman technique!
You're a fool. Show me your ears.
I'm not scared of anyone. You're scared.
Humble children of the order landed last night at the Arkanar port. 30 000 of them!
No more conceited greys.
Arata the Hunchback's men are hung by the tracts.
I'm the vicar of the order. Combat master of Lands
Beyond the Strait. Of the islands, etc. How's that?
Great.
The master's boot.
You were on the edge of such a fiery abyss.
You don't even know. See.
Come on, that's a boot.
Does it stink? Such a trifle matter. You understand.
Poom.
A man comes to you every night. For 7 years now!
It's a lie!
You even called for a witch doctor. But you can't get rid of him!
You'll grow horns if you keep lying.
You wrapped your head in a hide. But that's heresy!
When man opens his eyes... And looks at you. Right?
And he says.
He opens his eyes. And he says... Raise my eyelids.
And you scream so loud your old lady pees her pants.
That's right. Come here.
That man with the eyes... that's me!
A larger pan. Some rags.
Boots. The spur's bent.
Maybe the abyss belched you out. Maybe you're god's son.
I'm having trouble too. There's a mouse.
Go away. There's a mouse.
What?
There too? That's great.
I can't anymore. My head will explode. I'm lapsing into heresy.
The mouse is wet and scared too.
I'm a broad-minded man. I could.
Then why don't you?
Then why don't you. But learn to jump out of my way first.
I said, get out of here.
That's right.
A nice, big enema, Don Reba.
Sorry. Highest decoration of the order. For you.
That's all I can do. And take your Budakh.
You go, too.
Me too?
Sure.
Yes. So I can sleep well... Can you explain why you need these people?
They are useless and bad for any taste.
The bookworms? See, I'm speaking to you.
But that doesn't mean we're having a conversation.
Why did you serve such rotten food?
That was the order. Its humble children.
200 or so years ago the order owned the Lands Beyond the Strait.
Luckily, a plague sucked the order dry. It was now
rotting away in the south. Over the mountains.
But then it got better. It was here now. Ruthless like Brazilian ants.
Rumata thought about sending at least Muga there.
But didn't get around to it!
You have so much stuff.
Naughty you.
Have some milk, Don.
Gur. Weren't you the smartest?
Get away
Great.
Like autumn leaves.
Your autumn leaves clutter the scaffold.
Eh, doesn't matter if it gets pecked oat
Nice place. You want me to hang the poet over here?
I recognized you right away. Branded by the monks.
I belong to you now.
Don't be mad, Don. Have the potato.
You've heard how many ears I've cut off? Yes, we've heard...
Let me go. On the grass.
That's wrong. Don't do that.
Close it.
He's been on the chain since he was 3.
You let him go, he'll die.
Why I'll be... Stop! I said, stop, !
Say you fell. That you weren't born with that lip.
You fell. Remember that. Take this.
Don't hide anything. Blame the redheads.
Don't argue with anyone. Listen to me!
You think you're the only one.
Learn this! A scholar is not an enemy. The enemy is a scholar in doubt.
In the name of the order!
In its name!
You'll kill him, Don. In the name of the order.
In its name.
We're killing whore's. She’ll spread her
legs, and this thing is on a spring.
Rips them to pieces!
The order!
With spurs.
Noble Don! Were did you get your hands? On this thing!
What a joy for everyone. Wipe off my temple.
A thought entered his head and settled there for good.
Don Reba must be killed!
Just kill him and not think about consequences.
What's going on here?
We're flogged here, Rumata!,
Where's your sword? Did you hand it in, noble Don?
I see.
I have this shrub. It blossomed, so beautiful! It's a sign!
When I was little, Don Reba gave ripe rides on a shovel, in the winter.
See how it's to breathe in the new, free Arkanar.
And wine's Reaper now, too!
They put salt on the flogging rods. Why? What's the salt for?
So are you breathing easily in the new, free Arkanar?
Here Stick it up your ass. Your ass, not this one!
Try to make sure the hangman sees it.
Until the day I die, Rumata.
Take off your hat.
The Keu barons always had privileges!
There are no privileges for the older. 7 heavy rod whips!
Why heavy ones? For thoughts without enthusiasm.
Give me Budakh.
I'll do it. Here's your doctor.
Good. You remember about the ears, right?
The Dons have funny asses. Like toads!
Like your face!
So good that I found you...
Baron, but I found you! Why are you so..
Doubled up.
A courtier must be clean and fragrant. Right?
What's wrong, Baron?
My nose is burst.
I'm so glad I found you.
When you were arrested, I ran here. There were 1000 blacks here. I beat them until...
Then they threw a cow on me. From the bridge.
How their crummy skulls will crack under
our baronial swords. Let's go barons!
Here Budakh, not Rudakh. Good and alive. Eating for the road.
Looks okay and the teeth are intact.
Are you Budakh from Irukan?
Baron, this is Budakh.
Why?
Baron.
First, because he has a dog's name.
Second... wait What's second, Baron?
I did something wrong.
All this, every little piece, with my own two hands.
20 years. My whole life. Now I come to eat. The hell with you.
The stuff is right there, on the left.
Go be a soldier, son.
Baron or noble Don who let them flog him...
Baron, the stuff.
My noble friend, are my legs really skinny and white now?
Nice, nice legs.
Why are you sniffing me?
Got lost in thought.
I'm such a baron, you know. And you're a wise guy.
He'll teach me to read. Then I'll be wise, too.
But you'll never be a Baron.
My friend, give him money. Lot of it.
My ribs haven't healed yet.
They'll close the gates and. We're dead. We will go back.
They'll open it right back.
Such a turkey.
Buy an eye. It reflects light.
The knife was a gift. The knife was a gift?
Where are the asshole archers? Eating turnip? They’ll all be whipped.
There. Such fun again. The sword, my friend.
Where are the archers?
Hey, baron... you won't learn to read now.
I can't teach you, bow-wow. I'll pee my pants. No way now.
Baron Pampa del Bao-no of Arkanar. He wasn't tried by the Big Royal Court.
Or killed by the poison of the mountain bee.
Or executed in a square.
He was just pierced with a dozens of arrows and dumped.
Rotten turnips and sour cinnamon were dumped on top of him.
At night, paupers will rip everything off his huge, strong white body.
Where did we stop, Budakh? It's impossible to talk like this.
Let me go!
I ask questions, you answer. I asked you. What would you do if you were god?
I wouldn't have any urine problems. But that's heresy... More, more.
Damn it, they won't let us talk. Pee all you need, and then we'll talk.
I can't.
Go there. Relax. And if you could give advice to a god? lf he asked for it?
That wouldn't be heresy right?
I'd say creator!
Why pee on my boots?
You came and we're leaving.
Someone killed two slaves over there. It wasn't us.
We're officers of the order. We're off to sleep.
Come on.
I'd say... Creator! Give people everything that separates them.
How much longer?
Finally. Thank god. That won't do them good.
Because the strong will take from the weak.
I d say, punish the cruel so the strong will know not to be cruel.
The strong and cruel will be punished.
The stronger of the weak will take their place.
You know that... You're a fool, Budakh. Get out of here. I don't need you.
Get out of here... one splash and your face will be gone.
I'd say, creator, if you exist, blow us away.
Like dust or puss. Or leave us in our rot. Destroy all of us.
Everyone. Here It's easy to destroy.
The lice-ridden, the sick, and even the children.
My heart is full of pity. I can't do that.
Let's go home.
There were many greys. Uno was wearing your shirt.
He shot from the stairs. It was big on him.
The greys put a noose around his neck. And strangled him.
And then the blacks came and started killing the greys.
One black gave me this. See, don't touch it. Why?
Don't touch. They gave me this sign. Told me to come to the Tower of Joy tomorrow.
Why did you take it?
They gave me this. So I'd come tomorrow.
Give it to me. Don’t touch it, give it back!
He was in the pickle barrel!
Throw it out.
Everyone, get out. I'll wash my ass.
Weren't you hanged?
How could I come if I were?
Really. How did you come, Arata, if you were hanged?
Arata. The Hunchback!
My back. Goran likes cripples.
You're a cripple!
First my guys trusted this virgin.
Don. The Don of peasants!
You can't make sausage. I thought he'd be bigger.
Arata the Hunchback.
They now hang them by the balls on the same trees.
I almost forgot you're a god!
That's too bad.
Your water ¡s cold...
Make some hotter water!
Once l was being hanged on an old galley.
I jumped off just in time.
Angel! Come here!
Don't stare.
One's too much for you.
I knew a while back that god died!
Come on, really?!
He pulled this load, like a horse.
Then he got snotty and died. There's no other way!
It's hard for a god.
I saw you getting snotty today.
I have bad news for you.
Today you'll give us the fiery chariot and these shirts.
And in the morning you'll lead us!
- Or else?... - What?
Or else you have a soft white belly and bellybutton.
If you poke it, there'll be a wind.
My belly button.
Come on.
That was a bird.
That's an omen. For money.
You'll fly to your Daddy.
Everyone will fly one day. Like birds.
Will we have enough water? Somebody, hold my wallet. Arata!
You see that, cow?
Leave the ring.
Give it here.
I wouldn't kill you.
Really?
You don't know that!
You're so dressed up. How was the trip here?
I won't get you the throne. That's the truth.
That was right.
I'd burn the gold and black vermin. As far as 12 generations back.
That you're good at!
And you'd give land out to your own. Right?
Yeah.
A man's skin is made up of tiny holes. They breath too.
Lf you cover a man with tar... that'll be it.
That's for you.
That's it?
Good boy Arata. Without it, they won't let you out of the city.
Tell me, Arata. So you give the land to your men.
Who needs land without slaves?
Who needs it without slaves?
There'll be new slaves. New scaffolds. New golds.
And a new Arata. And god can't do anything. That's sad.
I'd never allow that, you louse.
Quiet now. You won't be able to do anything.
You'd allow it, everyone did and always will.
For thousands of years.
What do we do?
The same as always.
You're a redheaded bastard.
Muga, introduce him to your tobacconist! They'll make good friends!
Chase him with sticks through the barnyard.
Okay. So what'll happen to me?
You'll remain in songs.
That's it?
That's not really that little, believe me.
Master, the blacks are asking for the girl with the sign.
I knew it. That's it!
Let's cut some ears!
Stop shaking. Let me eat. My arm hurts.
You'll go with me. You'll confirm there's a boy in my belly. Groan's grandson.
I won't go without pants. My pants are wet now.
You'll go.
Eighteen generations of noble ancestors. Royal blood and no pants!
I won't go without. Give me dry pants and I'll go to war. I want silver pants.
I don't want to be covered with lard and burned.
Like a chicken. So don't go. Ferret!
I'll chase them into the gulf. Up to their asses. I promise.
I'm sorry you did 't know Baron Pampa. Forget it!
You could at least clean the house!
Did you find any? No.
The turtle was eating, mice in the pants.
I found some. And the turtle, too.
Laces. What? Laces?
Did you brind my swords, silly girl?
Blood is sticky.
Okay. There.
God, if you exist, stop me.
Run... God decided to start killing. Go away!
Stop! You can't, not Arima!
There he is. See, he eats monkeys.
My name is Arima!
My name is Arima.
That's no problem.
I didn't bring everyone. Some strange monk did.
They'll all be punished. These people are like kids.
He was standing there, calling. I saw him. With a wall-eye.
A crippled hunchback monk. He brought all those fools!
Look, or I'll flog you to death!
It's a mistake. It was some strange, monk.
I'm the eye of the order. That's my job!
The Creator gave us pain. I went to university too.
My hands are slippery.
Everyone here. You too, student!
Heresy. Heresy!
I didn't take anything!
The hat of sorrow!
Nobody steals under the order.
Everyone.
God, stop me. Like it's not me.
Not everyone's destined. I can't either. I feel nauseous.
It's just... why. Here, a gift for you.
It's the court martial Summons to the office.
The Tower of Joy. Not funny. He's here too.
What did I do? I never left the house.
That's death. And that's life.
Life. And life again.
Here Your destiny. Kiun from Tin Street. Defamation of the order.
That's serious. Nothing good about you, too.
You can pardon all these ones, Don.
Why don’t you give me, the stupid Don? 200 more street luvvies.
You'll find someone else. You don't care who to burn.
Isn't that right, student?
Stop.
Put the boards down.
Rock him so the shit drips off.
A student.
An impotent and inept one will give up without knowing
where the monster's heart is the monster even has one.
Don, I think I've gone blind!
An officer. it squelches here.
It always squelched here.
It's slippery.
What might be... nothing might be.
I'll show you something. You'll pee your pants!
Again, didn't I...
Shush. Flies.
This is Arata the Hunchback.
So, wall-eyed man. Why didn't you spare the young girl?
You bastard. His arrow is marked!
This is the boar YI. You idiot! It's the boar!
This is a cow, I tell you.
Leave him, he's suffered enough.
Arata killed the girl! The mark on the arrow is the same.
He wanted to draw Rumata out against the blacks.
But drew him against himself.
I saw it!
Condor, something's shiny over there.
I'm not flying to Earth with you!
No, nothing shiny.
I'm not! That's stupid, Pashkar. You'll be sorry if you go behind my back.
See what I learned here?
Lf you say no - then no.
Well, you old ass. This is not my work, it's yours.
You fucking theorist.
You're crap! The crap of the Siou bird.
You're all set for life in a nuthouse on Earth.
Or maybe in jail. Or maybe you even have a brain tumor.
There are snakes there!
Here, take this.
He's a thief, and you keep throwing gloves.
Pashka, we're dueling. It's come to this!
A god can be tired, too.
Get out of here. I'm sleepy.
You write books, but you have no thoughts. Here's one. Where greys triumph...
Where greys triumph, blacks always, always come in the end.
There's no other way. Remember. And now leave.
Hey if you write about me, and you'll probably have to...
Write that it's hard to be a god!
And I'll get some sleep.
God, spit on me, so I won't ever be sick. And
spit in my hand, too. I'll take it to my brother.
Don't you dare call him a god! We'll be punished!
Come on, a kid won't speak in vain.
He doesn't look at me. Come on, look at me!
Stop hovering. These university guys.
They kept running around the tower, screaming.
The fat one didn't want to fly.
Stronger than beer.
Don Leonardo and Don Fatso. They killed each other. Here
Why? You bastards!
That Don Leonardo.
They drank away the round glass and the boards.
So what? Nothing.
Muga, what does your tobacconist say? Where is he?
Left his house... and never came back. It happens.
Will you find him? I told you to take the stocks off.
Why don't you take them off?
You're fucking nuts!
I also left my house a long time ago, and never came back.
What?
Out of the way noble Don! Or the wheel will get your boot.
Hey you forgot the chair, fools!
Do you like this music?
I don't know...
it makes my tummy hut. Yes.
A special thanks for assistance in creating this film goes to
Alexei Karin & Mikhail Prokhorov
The film features the poem "Hamlet" by Boris-Pasternak...
Translated into English by Lydia Pasternak Slater
Subtitles: Tadanobu Thanks to: Mos3n