Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

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

Nov 15 2012 Not Rated 1h 30m
Documentary

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.

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Plot

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. The expressive pictures are accompanied by original sound bites quoting the villagers.

Written by

Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov, Rudolph Herzog

Directed by

Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov

Cast

Werner Herzog, Gennady Soloviev, Anatoly Blumei

Crew

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Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Studio Babelsberg

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Official Trailer
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