Dersu Uzala
8 hrs. 11 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vladimir Arsenyev
Author
Vladimir Arsenyev
Narrator
Alexey Voskoboynikov
Narrator
Alexey Voskoboynikov
A timeless story, filmed in 1975 by one of the greatest directors in cinema history, Akira Kurosawa.
At the heart of the story are shared travels, dangerous adventures, and a great friendship that, at the beginning of the 20th century, bound the Russian geographer and his guide—an old Nanai hunter, Dersu Uzala. In him, as if, the very spirit of the ancient, still wild and nearly untouched by civilization Far East took shape.
Mountains, rivers, the taiga—this is Dersu Uzala’s familiar and understandable world down to the last sound and smell. With a primal and wise naturalness, he does not separate himself from nature, and he sincerely considers animals and birds, in his simple way of expressing it, “people.” Again and again, the “savage” that Europeans consider him proves to be smarter, nobler, and kinder than they…
At the heart of the story are shared travels, dangerous adventures, and a great friendship that, at the beginning of the 20th century, bound the Russian geographer and his guide—an old Nanai hunter, Dersu Uzala. In him, as if, the very spirit of the ancient, still wild and nearly untouched by civilization Far East took shape.
Mountains, rivers, the taiga—this is Dersu Uzala’s familiar and understandable world down to the last sound and smell. With a primal and wise naturalness, he does not separate himself from nature, and he sincerely considers animals and birds, in his simple way of expressing it, “people.” Again and again, the “savage” that Europeans consider him proves to be smarter, nobler, and kinder than they…
