Andrei Boltnev Movies

Financed in West Germany and filmed in the Soviet Union, Hard to Be a God (Es Ist Nicht Leicht Ein Gott Zu Sein) is set some thousand years or so in the future, when all forms of hostility and aggression have been purged from the earth. A group of space travellers stumble upon an alien civilization that seems mired in the Middle Ages. Astronaut Edward Zentara is sent out to explore this primitive land, and in so doing he becomes involved in war and bloodshed for the first time in his life. Eventually, he leads the downtrodden local citizens into battle against his fellow Earthlings. Produced on an epic scale over a six-year period, Hard to Be a God is stronger in its action sequences than in its ponderous dialogue exchanges. Watch for German director Werner Herzog in a brief opening-scene bit. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

After his marriage with Lyuba (Yelena Safonova) breaks down, largely due to his all-night carousing away from the home, Boris (Sergei Koktakov) begins to search for an apartment of his own. Even now, this is a very difficult task. He locates an apartment for couples which is being inhabited by a lone old lady who is supposed to move into an old-age home. The old lady doesn't want to go, and tries to stave off the inevitable by taking in a young woman as a flat-mate. Boris rapes the girl, but despite this she eventually becomes friends with him, and eventually they become lovers, entitling them to rent the apartment together (without the old lady). ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide