Overview

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.

Cast

Leonid Yarmolnik

Rumata

Yuriy Tsurilo

Baron Pampa

Natalya Moteva

Ari

Aleksandr Chutko

Don Reba

Evgeniy Gerchakov

Budakh

Pyotr Merkuryev

Gur

Juris Lauciņš

Hangman

Vytautas Paukste

Kabani

Konstantin Vorobyov

Poet

Aleksandr Cherednik

episode

Valentin Golubenko

Arata

Konstantin Bykov

Monk