Dersu Uzala is a movie directed by Akira Kurosawa in 1975 and based on the book Dersu the Trapper by Vladimir Arsenyev, first published in 1923. The movie features Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko, Vladimir Kremena, Dmitriy Korshikov, Suymenkul Chokmorov, and others.
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Storyline
The Russian army sends an explorer on an expedition to the snowy Siberian wilderness where he meets and befriends a Goldi man in Russia’s unmapped forests. A deep and abiding bond evolves between the two men, one civilized in the usual sense, the other at home in the glacial Siberian woods.
Movie vs Book
Year
1975
Minutes
142
Movie Rate
8.30
Source: IMDb
Year
1923
Pages
364
Book Rate
8.58
S: Goodreads
Book
Dersu the Trapper
Author: Vladimir Arsenyev
Country: USA
First published in: 1923
Length: 364 pages
Genre: Biography
Book series: Prin taigaua Extremului Orient
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