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Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) is a 1975 joint Soviet-Japanese film production, directed by Akira Kurosawa. It shouldn't be confused with an earlier Soviet version.

This film is set in the Sikhote-Alin region of Siberia in the period 1902-10 and is based upon the 1923 memoir of the same title by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev. In the film, Arsenyev (played by Yury Solomin) leads a series of mapping expeditions in the region, where he and his team soon encounter an old local hunter, Nanai Dersu Uzala (1849-1908). In the film the Nanai people are referred to by their obsolete Russian name Gol'ds. Dersu Uzala teaches the men many valuable lessons about wilderness survival and the meaning of life, eventually becoming a close friend of the explorer.

The film won the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and the 1976 Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film.

Cast

Arsenyev (Арсеньев) – Yury Solomin
(Ю. Соломин)
Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) – Maxim Munzuk
(М. Мунзук)
Turtygin (Туртыгин) – V. Kremena (В. Кремена)
Olentev (Олентьев) – A. Pyatkov (А. Пятков)
Anna (Анна) – S. Danilchenko (С. Данильченко)
Vova (Вова) – Dima Korshikov (Дима Коршиков)
Chzhan Bao (Чжан Бао) – S. Tchokmorov (С. Чокморов)

Crew

Screenwriters - Akira Kurosawa (黒澤明) and Yuri Nagibin (Юрий Нагибин)

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