Dersu Uzala

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Dersu Uzala ★★★½ 1975

An acclaimed, photographically breathtaking film about a Russian surveyor in Siberia who befriends a crusty, resourceful Mongolian. They begin to teach each other about their respective worlds. Produced in Russia; one of Kurosawa's stranger films. 140m/C VHS, DVD . JP RU Yuri Solomin, Maxim Munzuk; D: Akira Kurosawa; W: Akira Kurosawa, Yuri Nagibin; C: Asakazu Nakai, Yuri Gantman, Fyodor Dobronravov; M: Isaak Shvarts. Oscars '75: Foreign Film.