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Dersu Uzala

  • 19751975
  • GG
  • 2h 22m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
31K
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Dersu Uzala (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.
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    • Akira Kurosawa
    • Akira Kurosawa(screenplay)
    • Yuriy Nagibin(screenplay)
    • Vladimir Arsenev(novel "Dersu, okhotnik")
  • Stars
    • Maksim Munzuk
    • Yuriy Solomin
    • Mikhail Bychkov
    • Akira Kurosawa
    • Akira Kurosawa(screenplay)
    • Yuriy Nagibin(screenplay)
    • Vladimir Arsenev(novel "Dersu, okhotnik")
  • Stars
    • Maksim Munzuk
    • Yuriy Solomin
    • Mikhail Bychkov
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 119User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
  • Top rated movie #248
    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Maksim Munzuk in Dersu Uzala (1975)
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    Maksim Munzuk and Yuriy Solomin in Dersu Uzala (1975)
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    Maksim Munzuk and Yuriy Solomin in Dersu Uzala (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)
      • Akira Kurosawa
      • Akira Kurosawa(screenplay)
      • Yuriy Nagibin(screenplay)
      • Vladimir Arsenev(novel "Dersu, okhotnik")
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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?

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

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    My Favorite Kurosawa
    I own many of Akira Kurosawa's films. I have Ran, Throne of blood, Seven Samarai, Roshomon, Dreams, Hidden Fortress, Jojimbo, Snajuro, Red Beard, and even "Kurosawa" the documentary. I guess you can say that I like his work. The "Kurosawa" documentary narrated by Sam Shepard and produced by thirteen / WNET I recommend for anyone at all interested in Kurosawa's films as it will really wet your appetite.

    Of all of his films, Dersu Uzala is my favorite. It is also one of my favorite films by anybody. It was done shortly after Akira had went through a very dark time in his life and had attempted suicide. It was his first film afterwards and the content of the film appears to reflect more than a little of his mindset at the time. Dersu Uazla is both a feel good film and also a sad film. It touches the way that people as they grow older have a more and more difficult time adapting to life as it changes and has its affect on them. The end of the film can certainly show light on the inhumanity that appears to be growing more prevalent in our society. But, I think what you remember from the film is the love between two individuals, and that is what feels good.

    Many of Kurosawa's films have a great deal of spectacle, and he is perhaps known best for his Samarai films. There is none of that in this movie. Dersu Uzala is a statement by Akira of life. Akira was fighting to keep making films and was not having an easy time of it. If Akira Kurosawa could not make films, he could not feel that he was living. As a result, he attempted suicide. He survived to make this film plus many others that we all enjoy today. Dersu Uzala may be the most important of his films and the one that shows the great director's true personality. Just perhaps, it shows more about humanity than any of his other films. Again, it is my favorite.
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    • Release date
      • December 20, 1977 (United States)
      • Soviet Union
      • Japan
      • Mosfilm (Russia)
      • Russian
      • Chinese
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      • Primorsky Kray, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Atelier 41
      • Daiei Studios
      • Mosfilm
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    • 2 hours 22 minutes
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