CinemaOSMovie · 2010 · 1h 34m · NR
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

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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.

Directed byWerner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 34m
Language
EN
Released
September 3, 2010
Revenue
$338,987
Studios
Studio Babelsberg

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Cast & crew

5 credited
Starring
Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)

Gennady Soloviev

Self - Trapper #1

Anatoly Blumei

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Gennady Tiganov

Self - Native Boat Builder

Mikhail Tarkovsky

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Creative team
Directed by
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Dmitry Vasyukov
Written by
Dmitry Vasyukov
Rudolph Herzog
Produced by
Christoph Fisser
Christoph Fisser
Nick N. Raslan

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