Hard to Be a God
E785015
Hard to Be a God is a 2013 Russian science fiction art film directed by Aleksei German, renowned for its bleak, immersive depiction of a medieval alien world mired in perpetual brutality and ignorance.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hard to Be a God canonical | 4 |
| Hard to Be a God (film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9224464 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hard to Be a God Context triple: [Aleksei German, notableWork, Hard to Be a God]
-
A.
Stop Trying to Be God
"Stop Trying to Be God" is a reflective, genre-blending track by Travis Scott featuring contributions from artists like Kid Cudi, James Blake, and Stevie Wonder, noted for its spiritual themes and atmospheric production.
-
B.
I Am a God
"I Am a God" is an aggressive, industrial-rap track by Kanye West from his album *Yeezus*, known for its provocative lyrics and experimental production.
-
C.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
-
D.
The Man Who Couldn't Beat God
"The Man Who Couldn't Beat God" is a silent-era American film produced by the Vitagraph Company of America, likely centered on themes of fate, morality, and the limits of human will.
-
E.
You’re No God
"You’re No God" is a song by English singer-songwriter Lucy Rose from her debut album "Alas, I Cannot Swim."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hard to Be a God Target entity description: Hard to Be a God is a 2013 Russian science fiction art film directed by Aleksei German, renowned for its bleak, immersive depiction of a medieval alien world mired in perpetual brutality and ignorance.
-
A.
Stop Trying to Be God
"Stop Trying to Be God" is a reflective, genre-blending track by Travis Scott featuring contributions from artists like Kid Cudi, James Blake, and Stevie Wonder, noted for its spiritual themes and atmospheric production.
-
B.
I Am a God
"I Am a God" is an aggressive, industrial-rap track by Kanye West from his album *Yeezus*, known for its provocative lyrics and experimental production.
-
C.
Elect of God
Elect of God is a reverential title used for Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia who is regarded by Rastafarians as the returned messiah and a central spiritual figure.
-
D.
The Man Who Couldn't Beat God
"The Man Who Couldn't Beat God" is a silent-era American film produced by the Vitagraph Company of America, likely centered on themes of fate, morality, and the limits of human will.
-
E.
You’re No God
"You’re No God" is a song by English singer-songwriter Lucy Rose from her debut album "Alas, I Cannot Swim."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian film
ⓘ
film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork |
Arkady Strugatsky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Strugatsky NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardingBody | Moscow International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Silver George for Best Film NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Hard to Be a God
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| castMember |
Aleksandr Chutko
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Evgeniy Gerchakov NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonid Yarmolnik NERFINISHED ⓘ Natalya Moteva NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuriy Tsurilo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Vladimir Ilyin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yuri Klimenko NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russia ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Aleksei German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directorDiedDuringPostProduction | Aleksei German NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Svetlana Karmalita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Locarno Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStartedYear | 2000 ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| leadActor | Leonid Yarmolnik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Don Rumata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Don Rumata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Viktor Lebedev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bleak depiction of brutality and ignorance
ⓘ
highly detailed production design ⓘ long and troubled production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| postProductionCompletedAfterDirectorDeath | true ⓘ |
| principalPhotographyDurationYears | about 6 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Lenfilm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | Earth scientist ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | observer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 177 ⓘ |
| setting |
fictional planet Arkanar
ⓘ
medieval world ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
dense, cluttered mise-en-scène
ⓘ
immersive handheld camerawork ⓘ |
| worldPremiereEvent | Rome Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worldPremiereYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| writer |
Aleksei German
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Svetlana Karmalita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hard to Be a God Description of subject: Hard to Be a God is a 2013 Russian science fiction art film directed by Aleksei German, renowned for its bleak, immersive depiction of a medieval alien world mired in perpetual brutality and ignorance.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hard to Be a God (film)