Aleksey German's final film, Hard to Be a God, has only received a theatrical release in German's native Russia since its premiere at the Rome Film Fest last year. The film, which was twelve years in the making including six(!!) in the filming, was completed after German's death last February by his widow and career-long collaborator, Svetlana Karmalita, and his filmmaker son, Aleksey Jr. An interesting note: this was initially supposed to be German's directorial debut in the 1960s, and German had even assembled a crew on location before Russian forces invaded Prague. What Ukrainian masterpieces might emerge 45 years from now?! Critical responses have ranged from a few pans to several outright raves; judging by what I know of German's filmmaking talent, and what I've seen here, I'm leaning toward the latter in gauging what my own opinion of the film will be, when I eventually see it. The above trailer contains no spoken words; the below trailer does, and they are subtitled from Russian into English.
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