Dersu Uzala

The film is almost entirely shot outdoors in the Russian Far East wilderness and explores the theme of a native of the forests who is fully integrated into his environment, leading a style of life that will inevitably be destroyed by the advance of civilization. It is also about the growth of respect and deep friendship between two men of profoundly different backgrounds, and about the difficulty of coping with the loss of strength and ability that comes with old age. The story is told through the eyes of a Russian topographer, Captain Arseniev , who leads a military expedition in 1902 to map the Ussuri region of Siberia. One night, their camp is stumbled upon by a squat, comical local hunter, Dersu Uzala…

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