Dersu Uzala 2x DVD 1975 Derszu Uzala / Directed by Akira Kurosawa / Starring: Maxim Munzuk, Yury Solomin, Svetlana Danicenko, Vladimir Kremena Aleksandr Piatkov / デルス·ウザーラ - Дерсу Узала

UPC 5996357333166

REGION 2-6 PAL DVD 

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: Russian 5.1, English 5.1, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, Russian, French, Hungarian    

Total Runtime: 136 minutes

!!! Condition of this DVD set is USED VERY GOOD !!!

English Summary:

Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала, Japanese: デルス·ウザーラ, romanized: Derusu Uzāra; alternative U.S. title: Dersu Uzala: The Hunter) is a 1975 Soviet-Japanese co-production film directed by Akira Kurosawa, his first non-Japanese-language film and his first and only 70mm film.

The film is based on the 1923 memoir Dersu Uzala (which took its name from the native trapper) by Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, about his exploration of the Sikhote-Alin region of the Russian Far East over the course of multiple expeditions in the early 20th century. Shot almost entirely outdoors in the Russian Far East wilderness, the film 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 film opens to a forest that is being cleared for development, and Arsenyev searching for an unmarked grave of a friend he says he buried 3 years ago. The film then flashes back to Arsenyev's surveying expedition to the area of Shkotovo in Ussuri region in 1902. A topographic expedition troop, led by Captain Arsenyev (Yury Solomin), encounters a nomadic Goldi hunter named Dersu Uzala (Maxim Munzuk) who agrees to guide them through the harsh frontier. Initially viewed as an uneducated, eccentric old man, Dersu earns the respect of the soldiers through his great experience, accurate instincts, keen powers of observation, and deep compassion. He repairs an abandoned hut and leaves provisions in a birch container so that a future traveler would survive in the wilderness. He deduces the identities and situations of people by analyzing tracks and articles left behind.

Dersu Uzala saves the life of Captain Arsenyev for the first time when the two are lost on a frozen lake and a sudden blizzard overtakes them. Dersu shows Arsenyev how to quickly build a straw hut for shelter using grass and then, when Arsenyev collapses due to exhaustion, Dersu pulls him into the shelter. The two men avoid freezing to death and are discovered by the rest of their comrades when the blizzard clears. The expedition then, struggling to survive the frozen tundra, encounter a Nani family who invite them into their home, providing the men much needed food, and warmth. At this point Dersu asks where Arsenyev will go next to which Arsenyev tells him "back to the city" and invites Dersu to come with him. Dersu tells him that his place is in the forest and that tomorrow he will go on his way. The next day he leaves the soldiers by the railroad tracks and returns to wilderness.

Hungarian Summary:

1902-ben expedíció indul az Usszuri vidékére, vezetőjük Arszenyev kapitány. Egyik éjszaka találkozik Derszu Uzalával, a nanáj vadásszal. Megkéri, hogy csatlakozzon hozzájuk, legyen segítségükre. Derszu egész életét a tajgán töltötte, ért a fák, a virágok nyelvén. A katonák először megmosolyogják az öreg ember tanácsait, de hamarosan rá kell jönniük, hogy leleményessége, tapasztalatai nélkül nem jutnának messzire. Az expedíció teljesíti feladatát, visszatérhetnek a városba. Néhány év múlva Arszenyev ismét kutatóútra indul, és a véletlen ismét eléhozza Derszu Uzalát ...

Cast / Szereplők:

• Yury Solomin as Vladimir Arsenyev
• Maxim Munzuk as Dersu Uzala
• Vladimir Kremena as Turtygin
• Alexander Pyatkov as Olenev
• Svetlana Danilchenko as Anna
• Suimenkul Chokmorov as Chzhan Bao

Japanese Summary:

ロシア人探検家（作者）のアルセーニエフは、当時ロシアにとって地図上の空白地帯だったシホテ・アリン地方の地図製作の命を政府から受け、探検隊を率いることとなった。先住民ゴリド（現ロシア名：ナナイ）族の猟師デルス・ウザーラが、ガイドとして彼らに同行することになる。シベリアの広大な風景を背景に、2人の交流を描く

Russian Summary:

Сюжет фильма основан на одноимённом романе учёного и писателя, известного путешественника и исследователя Дальнего Востока Владимира Арсеньева — о его путешествиях по Уссурийскому краю и дружбе с таёжным охотником Дерсу Узала, чьи необыкновенные личные качества восхищали В. Арсеньева.

Их путешествие по Уссурийской тайге, полное опасных приключений, составляет сюжетную основу фильма, однако смысл повествования выходит далеко за рамки сюжета. Время действия — 1902—1908 годы.

Хронология событий в фильме соблюдена лишь в целом, например, ряд деталей, согласно книге «По Уссурийскому краю» относящихся к 1906 году, показаны в первой части, среди происходивших в 1902 году. Добавлена сцена в лагере китайских разбойников — хунхузов, в то время как согласно книге к лагерю приблизился один Дерсу и, замеченный хунхузами, вступил в перестрелку с ними.