The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 57m.
Synopsis
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case can they kill. The scientist Rumata tries to save the local intellectuals from their punishment and cannot avoid taking a position.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic93/100
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
177 audience votes
Key crew
- Aleksei GermanDirector
- Svetlana KarmalitaScreenplay
- Aleksei GermanScreenplay
- Viktor LebedevOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Leonid YarmolnikRumata
- Yuriy TsuriloBaron Pampa
- Natalya MotevaAri
- Aleksandr ChutkoDon Reba
- Evgeniy GerchakovBudakh
- Pyotr MerkuryevGur
- Juris LauciņšHangman
- Vytautas PauksteKabani
- Konstantin VorobyovPoet
- Aleksandr Cherednikepisode
- Valentin GolubenkoArata
- Konstantin BykovMonk