Dersu Uzala
1975 · Movie · G · 141 min
★ 7.9(631)unSUB Rating
In the early 1900s, a military surveying expedition pushes into Siberia’s harsh, unmapped wilderness and relies on a local hunter to survive. As the journey unfolds, a lasting friendship grows across cultures, shaped by respect, hardship, and a shared awe for the natural world.
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Details
- Original title
- Дерсу Узала
- Years
- 1975
- Release date
- 1975-08-02
- Language
- Russian
- Rated
- G
- Runtime
- 141 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.9/10 (631 votes)
- Budget
- $4,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a patient, reflective adventure about friendship and living in balance with nature; Not for you if you need fast pacing or constant action, and it’s closer in spirit to Red Beard than Yojimbo.
Pros: moving cross-cultural friendship; breathtaking wilderness beauty; thoughtful humanist themes | Cons: slow, quiet pacing; minimal action; can feel distant
Themes
- hermit
- friendship
- tiger
- map
- getting lost
- fur trapping
- exploration
- russian soldier
- nature
- siberia
- 1910s
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 1976
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 1976 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1976 · nominated
Cast & crew
Yuriy Solomin
as Arsenev
Maksim Munzuk
as Dersu Uzala
Mikhail Bychkov
as Otryad Arseneva
- BK
B. Khorulev
Vladimir Kremena
as Turtwigin
Aleksandr Pyatkov
as Olenin
Svetlana Danilchenko
as Anna
- DK
Dmitri Korshikov
as Wowa son of Arsenjev
Suimenkul Chokmorov
as Jan Bao
Daniil Netrebin
as Politseyskiy
Directed by Akira Kurosawa