A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asiatic hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns at the head of a larger expedition. However, the brave Dersu is to find that all his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilisation. Filmed in 70mm on location in the peaceful vastness of the Siberian ice desert, this is one of Kurosawa'a most beautiful films as well as a tale of great humanity. It is based on the turn of the century journals of Tsarist Officer, Vladimir Arseniev.
Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written by
Vladimir Arsenyev (book "Dersu, okhotnik"); Akira Kurosawa; Yuri Nagibin.
Starring
Maksim Munzuk (Dersu Uzala); Yuri Solomin (Captain Vladimir Arseniev); Svetlana Danilchenko (Mrs. Arseniev); Dmitri Korshikov (Wowa son of Arsenjev); Suimenkul Chokmorov (Jan Bao); Vladimir Kremena (Turtwigin); Aleksandr Pyatkov (Olenin). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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