Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)

  • NR
  • 09/03/2010 (US)
  • Documentary
  • 1h 34m

The director of Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Grizzly Man takes you on an epic journey into the heart of the Siberian wilderness

Overview

In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.

Werner Herzog

Director, Writer

Dmitry Vasyukov

Director, Writer

Rudolph Herzog

Writer

Cast

Werner Herzog's headshot

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)
Gennady Soloviev's headshot

Gennady Soloviev

Self - Trapper #1
Anatoly Blumei's headshot

Anatoly Blumei

Self - Trapper #2
Gennady Tiganov's headshot

Gennady Tiganov

Self - Native Boat Builder
Mikhail Tarkovsky's headshot

Mikhail Tarkovsky

Self - Trapper #3

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