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
2010 | 94m | English
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| Director: | Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov |
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| Writer: | Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov, Rudolph Herzog |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 03, 2010 |
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| Director: | Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov |
| Writer: | Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov, Rudolph Herzog |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | wilderness, remoteness, snow, dog sled, siberia |
| Production Companies | Studio Babelsberg |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $338,987
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Werner Herzog | Narrator (voice) |
| Gennady Soloviev | Self - Trapper #1 |
| Anatoly Blumei | Self - Trapper #2 |
| Gennady Tiganov | Self - Native Boat Builder |
| Mikhail Tarkovsky | Self - Trapper #3 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Werner Herzog | Writer, Director |
| Dmitry Vasyukov | Writer, Director, Editor |
| Rudolph Herzog | Writer |
| Joe Bini | Editor |
| Alexey Matveev | Director of Photography |
| Gleb Stepanov | Director of Photography |
| Maxim Perepelkin | Editor |
| Klaus Badelt | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Thomas Nickel | Co-Producer |
| Robyn Klein | Associate Producer |
| Nick N. Raslan | Producer |
| Christoph Fisser | Producer |
| Klaus Badelt | Executive Producer |
| Timur Bekmambetov | Executive Producer |
| Werner Herzog | Executive Producer |
| Carl Woebcken | Producer |
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