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Uzala, der Kirgise

Original title: Dersu Uzala
  • 1975
  • 6
  • 2h 22m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
33K
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Uzala, der Kirgise (1975)
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The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he makes friends with a seasoned local hunter.

  • Director
    • Akira Kurosawa
  • Writers
    • Akira Kurosawa
    • Yuriy Nagibin
    • Vladimir Arsenev
  • Stars
    • Maksim Munzuk
    • Yuriy Solomin
    • Mikhail Bychkov
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    33K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Akira Kurosawa
    • Writers
      • Akira Kurosawa
      • Yuriy Nagibin
      • Vladimir Arsenev
    • Stars
      • Maksim Munzuk
      • Yuriy Solomin
      • Mikhail Bychkov
    • 127User reviews
    • 61Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 8 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Maksim Munzuk in Uzala, der Kirgise (1975)
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    Maksim Munzuk and Yuriy Solomin in Uzala, der Kirgise (1975)
    Maksim Munzuk in Uzala, der Kirgise (1975)
    Maksim Munzuk and Yuriy Solomin in Uzala, der Kirgise (1975)
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    Maksim Munzuk
    Maksim Munzuk
    • Dersu Uzala
    Yuriy Solomin
    Yuriy Solomin
    • Arsenev
    Mikhail Bychkov
    Mikhail Bychkov
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as M. Bychkov)
    Vladimir Khrulyov
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Khrulyov)
    V. Lastochkin
    • Otryad Arseneva
    Stanislav Marin
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as S. Marin)
    Igor Sykhra
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as I. Sykhra)
    Vladimir Sergiyakov
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Sergiyakov)
    Yanis Yakobsons
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as Ya. Yakobsons)
    Vladimir Khlestov
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Khlestov)
    G. Polunin
    • Otryad Arseneva
    V. Koldin
    • Otryad Arseneva
    M. Tetov
    • Otryad Arseneva
    S. Sinyavskiy
    • Otryad Arseneva
    Vladimir Sverba
    • Otryad Arseneva
    • (as V. Sverba)
    V. Ignatov
    • Otryad Arseneva
    Vladimir Kremena
    Vladimir Kremena
    • Turtygin
    • (as V. Kremena)
    Aleksandr Pyatkov
    Aleksandr Pyatkov
    • Olenev
    • (as A. Pyatkov)
    • Director
      • Akira Kurosawa
    • Writers
      • Akira Kurosawa
      • Yuriy Nagibin
      • Vladimir Arsenev
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    • Trivia
      Akira Kurosawa had hoped to make this film as early as in the 1950s, but he had trouble adapting the story to a Japanese setting, never thinking that one day he would actually be able to film it on location in Russia, and with Russian actors.
    • Goofs
      When Dersu and Arsenev are looking at the 3/4 moon and the setting sun, the moon is in the wrong phase to appear in the sky at the same time as the sun.
    • Quotes

      Dersu Uzala: How can people live in a box?

    • Connections
      Featured in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)

    User reviews127

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    A great film from one of the all-time masters
    This 1975 joint Japanese-Russian film is a celebration of simple virtues, friendship, loyalty, love, and respect for nature. Based on the journals of the Tsarist explorer and surveyor, Captain Vladimir Arseniev, it is the story of the relationship between Captain Arseniev and an Asiatic hunter of the Goldi tribe named Dersu Uzala. With a love and understanding of the forest that is extraordinary, Dersu guides the Captain through several deadly encounters. He saves the Captain's life by building a shelter out of reeds during a ferocious wind storm. Maksim's performance as Dersu, the ancient woodsman, is very "Yoda-like": wonderous, dignified, and very natural.

    The friendship between the two main characters grows over many years and several expeditions in the wild. Their relationship is beautifully developed and moves to an inevitable climax when Dersu and the Captain move back to the Captain's home in the city.

    There is in this film a sense of the beauty, tranquility, and timelessness of nature. It takes place at a time in the early part of the last century when people had closer ties with nature and felt a kinship with animals, plants, and the elements. Dersu endearingly refers to all elements of nature including the river, the wind, the trees, and the animals as "men". As the English writer, Hugh Trevor-Roper said of Shakespeare so it is true of Dersu, "He sees mankind almost as part of nature, sometimes basking in a delightful, smiling Nature; sometimes caught up in a fierce, cruel, inexorable, insatiable Nature".

    I was totally absorbed in this film and in its regard for the essential goodness of man and the beauty of the natural world. Dersu Uzala is a great film from one of the all-time masters.
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    • howard.schumann
    • May 6, 2002

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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1976 (East Germany)
    • Countries of origin
      • Soviet Union
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Mosfilm (Russia)
    • Languages
      • Russian
      • Chinese
    • Also known as
      • Dersu Uzala
    • Filming locations
      • Primorsky Kray, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Atelier 41
      • Daiei Studios
      • Mosfilm
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,480
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 22 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20 : 1

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