This Akira Kurosawa film is based on the books by Vladimir Arsenyev, a prominent Russian scientist and explorer of the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
It is the story of the writer’s long-standing friendship with a taiga trapper named Dersu Uzala. In the course of their travels, a real-life character, Dersu, was revealing to his friend, the secrets of the Ussuri taiga, the animals’ special ways, the traditions and beliefs of the indigenous people. This motion picture teaches us to approach Nature with loving care, to open up our hearts to man and beast, to bird and flower…

Awards:
• Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film in USA, 1976;
• Golden Prize and FIPRESCI Prize at the Moscow IFF, 1975;
• David Donatello Prize for Best Foreign-Language Film in Italy, 1977

Special features:
• Interview with actor Yuri Solomin.
• Behind the scenes.
• Biography of writer V.K. Arsenyev.
• Cast and Crew Filmographies.
• Photo Album.
• Coming soon on DVD

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Etot fil'm Akiry Kurosavy snyat po motivam knig Vladimira Arsen'eva, vydayuschegosya russkogo uchenogo-issledovatelya, jivshego v konce 19 - nachale 20 veka.

Istoriya o mnogoletnei drujbe pisatelya s taejnym ohotnikom Dersu Uzala. Dersu - real'nyi personaj: puteshestvuya s drugom, on otkryvaet emu sekrety ussuriiskoi taigi, rasskazyvaet o povadkah jivotnyh, o tradiciyah i verovaniyah korennogo naseleniya. Eta kartina prizyvaet nas lyubit' prirodu, raspahnut' nashi serdca cheloveku i zveryu, ptice i cvetku...

Nagrady:
• Premiya "Oskar" za luchshii inostrannyi fil'm v SShA, 1976;
• Zolotoi priz i premiya FIPRESSI na MKF v Moskve, 1975;
• Priz "David" Donatello" za luchshii inostrannyi fil'm v Italii, 1977

Bonus - trek:
• Interv'yu s akterom Yuriem Solominym.
• Hronikal'nye materialy o s'emkah fil'ma.
• Biografiya pisatelya V.K. Arsen'eva.
• Fil'mografii.
• Fotoal'bom.
• Anonsy novyh fil'mov na DVD.

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