Directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA The feature film starring
Maksim Munzuk as Dersu Uzala
Yuri Solomin as Capt Arsenyev
In 1902, a Russian army unit commanded by Captain Arsenyev is conducting a topographical survey of the huge forest of the Ussuri taiga on Russia's Pacific seaboard. Taiga means infinity and to the little gang huddled in a clearing, the surrounding jungle does indeed seem endless. When a strange old man emerges from the forest, they are at first inclined to ridicule him-but their amusement soon turns to respect. Dersu Uzala is a woodsman with an uncanny instinct for survival and after he has saved the life of Captain Arsenyev, a bond of affection grows between the two men.
Based on the novels by VLADIMIR ARSENYIEV (A Russian film with English sub-titles) (First showing on British television) Films: pages 16-17