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Dersu Uzala

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

7.9(663)19752h 21m5

A military explorer 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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$4M
Box office
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Language
Russian
  • hermit
  • friendship
  • tiger
  • map
  • getting lost
  • fur trapping
  • exploration
  • russian soldier
  • nature
  • siberia
  • 1910s
  • grand

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Behind the camera

Produced in

Japan, Soviet Union

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • Theatrical(Mumbai Film Festival)15 Oct 2014
  • United StatesUS

    • Premiere(New York Film Festival)5 Oct 1976
    • TheatricalG20 Dec 1977
  • CanadaCA

    • Premiere(New York Film Festival)20 Oct 1976
  • ArgentinaAR

    • TheatricalAtp1 Jul 1976
    • Theatrical(re-release)10 Mar 1977
    • Premiere(Mar del Plata Film Festival)13 Nov 1998
    • Theatrical(Clásicos del Cine Japones)26 Nov 2000
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical(Gent)20 Jan 1977
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalLContraCapa DVD1 Jan 2000
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical(DVD premiere)18 Nov 2008
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical15 Mar 1976
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalS19 Mar 1976
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical22 Dec 1976
    • PhysicalTPPotemkine Films DVD4 Jan 2022
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical6East Germany29 Oct 1976
    • Theatrical6West Germany12 Nov 1976
  • GreeceGR

    • Premiere(Thessaloniki International Film Festival)20 Nov 1998
    • Theatrical(re-release)3 Sept 2015

Frequently asked questions

Dersu Uzala was released on 2 August 1975.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    12/20/2024

    7/10

    At the start of the twentieth century, a group of soldiers are sent to explore the wilderness of their Eastern Siberian province. Led by "Capt. Arseniev" (Yuriy Solomin) they venture deep into the unforgiving territory where they are fortunate to encounter the local Goldi hunter "Dersu" (Maksim Munzuk). They are able to communicate rudimentarily and pretty swiftly they realise that without their wily and respectful g…

  • D

    deepkino

    9/11/2025

    6/10

    Akira Kurosawa's film, based on the memoirs of the Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev. In 1976, it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, earning Akira Kurosawa the distinction of being the only director to have won this award twice at the time. It teaches lessons about friendship, love of nature, and humanism. It is a very impressive film, both in its dialogues and its cinematography; each frame is like a pai…

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