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.
Writing | Arkadiy Strugatskiy | Novel |
Writing | Boris Strugatskiy | Novel |
Directing | Aleksey German Sr. | Director |
Camera | Yury Klimenko | Director of Photography |
Production | Viktor Izvekov | Producer |
Production | Leonid Yarmolnik | Producer |
Editing | Irina Gorokhovskaya | Editor |
Camera | Vladimir Ilyin | Director of Photography |
Writing | Svetlana Karmalita | Screenplay |
Writing | Aleksey German Sr. | Screenplay |
Art | Georgi Kropachyov | Production Design |
Art | Elena Zhukova | Production Design |
Sound | Viktor Lebedev | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Nikolai Astakhov | Sound |
Art | Sergey Kokovkin | Production Design |
Production | Rushan Nasibulin | Producer |
Editing | Mariya Amosova | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Olga Izvekova | Makeup Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Natalya Ratkevich | Makeup Artist |
Directing | Yuri Feting | Assistant Director |
Directing | Oleg Yudin | Assistant Director |
Camera | Alexey Rodionov | Additional Director of Photography |
Crew | Oleg Vasilyuk | Stunt Coordinator |
Crew | Dmitriy Solovyov | Stunts |