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Dersu Uzala

Turkish title: Dersu Uzala

“There is man and beast at nature's mercy. There is awe and love and reverence. And there is the man called...”

1975 · 2 h 22 min
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
AdventureBiographyDrama

Cast

Maksim Munzuk Yuri Solomin

Credits

Written by: Akira Kurosawa

Plot

A Russian explorer befriends a hunter in the Siberian forest.

Sinekatalog’s take

A Russian surveyor and a Siberian hunter become friends. Kurosawa's Soviet-produced film is a quiet tribute to nature and to a vanishing way of life, shot on gorgeous wide landscapes.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.2 / 10 (36,978 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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