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Encyclopedia > Dersu Uzala (1975 film)
Дерсу Узала
デルス ウザーラ
Dersu Uzala (aka "The Hunter")

original film poster
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Produced by Yoichi Matsue
Nikolai Sizov
Written by Vladimir Arsenyev (book)
Akira Kurosawa
Yuri Nagibin
Starring Maxim Munzuk
Yury Solomin
Music by Isaak Shvarts
Cinematography Asakazu Nakai
Yuri Gantman
Fyodor Dobronravov
Distributed by USSR Mosfilm
Release date(s) USSR July, 1975
Japan 2 August 1975
USA 5 October 1976
Running time 141 min.
Language Russian
Budget $4,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала, Japanese: デルス ウザーラ; alternate U.S. title: Dersu Uzala: The Hunter) is a 1975 joint Soviet-Japanese film production directed by Akira Kurosawa. Kurosawa redirects here. ... Vladimir Arsenyev Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev (Russian: ) (1872–1930) was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of books (По Уссурийскому Краю (1921), Дерсу Узала (1923)), telling of his military journeys to the Ussuri basin with Dersu Uzala, a native trapper, from 1902 to 1907. ... Kurosawa redirects here. ... Maxim Monguzhukovich Munzuk (Максим Монгужукович Мунзук; 15 September 1912 (on other accounts, 2 May 1910) - 28 July 1999) was an outstanding Tuvan actor, one of the founders of Tuvas regional theatre. ... Yury Mefodievich Solomin is a Russian actor who has directed the Malyi Theatre in Moscow since 1988. ... Mosfilm logo was the Statue of the Worker and Kolkhoznitsa at VDNKh Mosfilm film studio (in Cyrillic, Мосфи́льм) is often described as the largest and oldest in Russia and in Europe. ... is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see 5th October (Serbia). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Soviet redirects here. ... Kurosawa redirects here. ...


This film is based on the 1923 memoir of the same title by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, about his exploration of the Sikhote-Alin region of Siberia in 1902-10. The film depicts Arsenyev (played by Yury Solomin) leading a series of mapping expeditions in the region, where he and his team soon encounter an old Nanai hunter, Dersu Uzala (1849-1908). Dersu Uzala teaches the men many valuable lessons about wilderness survival and the meaning of life, eventually becoming a close friend of the explorer. Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала; alternate U.S. title: The Hunter) is the title of a 1923 book by the Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, telling of his travels in the Ussuri basin, and the name of a Nanai hunter (ca. ... Vladimir Arsenyev Vladimir Klavdiyevich Arsenyev (Russian: ) (1872–1930) was a Russian explorer of the Far East who recounted his travels in a series of books (По Уссурийскому Краю (1921), Дерсу Узала (1923)), telling of his military journeys to the Ussuri basin with Dersu Uzala, a native trapper, from 1902 to 1907. ... Sikhote-Alin is the home to Amur tigers, the largest felines in the world. ... This article is about Siberia as a whole. ... Yury Mefodievich Solomin is a Russian actor who has directed the Malyi Theatre in Moscow since 1988. ... The Nanais (sing. ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


In the film, the Nanai people are referred to by their obsolete Russian name, Gol'ds.


The film won the Grand Prix at the Moscow Film Festival and the 1975 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Moscow International Film Festival, or MIFF is the second oldest festival in the world, after the Venice Film Festival. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign Language Film is a yearly US award for the best film in a language other than English, released in the period October - September in the country of origin. ...


Since the film was made during the height of the Sino-Soviet confrontation, and its story took place in the disputed Ussuri basin (an island in the Ussuri River almost led the Soviet Union and People's Republic of China to war in 1969), many in China thought that it had a hidden Russian expansionist agenda. Aolei Yilan, a film released in 1979 about the Daur people's resistance against Russian expansion in the Amur region, can be viewed as a response to Dersu Uzala from the Chinese. The Sino-Soviet split was a major diplomatic conflict between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), beginning in the late 1950s, reaching a peak in 1969 and continuing in various ways until the late 1980s. ... The Ussuri River (Chinese: Wūsūlǐ Jīang 乌苏里江, Russian: река Уссури) is a river in south east Russia, flowing north, forming part of the Chinese border, to the Amur River. ... Combatants People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Mao Tse-Tung Leonid Brezhnev Strength 814,000 658,000 Casualties 800 killed, 620 wounded, 1 lost [1] 58 killed, 94 wounded [2] The Sino-Soviet border conflict of 1969 was a series of armed clashes between the Soviet Union and... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... The Daur people (Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; the former name Dahur is considered derogatory) are an ethnic group. ... The Amur River or Heilong Jiang (Russian: Амур; Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: , or Black Dragon River; Mongolian: , Khar Mörön or Black River; Manchu: Sahaliyan Ula, literal meaning Black River) is the worlds eighth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East and Northeastern China. ...


The film was shot in now obsolete 70mm film process sometimes called SOVSCOPE 70, originating on 70mm negative film (as opposed to Western conterparts shot on 65mm negative). All known video transfers of the film are originated from 35mm reduction elements.


External links

  • Dersu Uzala at the Internet Movie Database
  • Stills from Dersu Uzala with Russian text
  • A site dedicated to Dersu Uzala
  • デルス・ウザーラ (Derusu Uzaara) (Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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1980s

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1990s

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Dersu Uzula (964 words)
Dersu Uzala is an attempt to capture the ice wastes of Siberia in all their frigid and terrifying beauty, and the film does this through exceptional cinematography that is even more breathtaking than the blizzard sequence in Dreams.
When Arseneyev and Dersu find themselves badly lost with no hope of shelter as night falls and a snow blizzard threatens to freeze them, their fear is palpable and their deliverance through the hunters ingenuity and natural know-how is superbly done.
The film is presented in two parts across the two discs of this set and the feature is presented at roughly 2.17:1 anamorphically which is close to the OAR of the 70mm prints of the film.
Dersu Uzala (1975 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (256 words)
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).
Dersu Uzala teaches the men many valuable lessons about wilderness survival and the meaning of life, eventually becoming a close friend of the explorer.
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