Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010
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Synopsis
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.
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) is a 1h 34min documentary feature film by Werner Herzog. In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Si...
Key facts
Cast
Werner Herzog, Gennady Soloviev, Anatoly Blumei, Gennady Tiganov, Mikhail Tarkovsky
Original language
English
First release
September 3, 2010 (United States)
Production companies
Babelsberg Studio
Crew
Screenplay
Dmitry Vasyukov, Rudolph Herzog, Werner Herzog
Producer
Carl Woebcken, Christoph Fisser, Nick N. Raslan
Cinematography
Alexey Matveev, Gleb Stepanov
Editing
Dmitry Vasyukov, Joe Bini, Maxim Perepelkin
Music
Klaus Badelt
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Moscow International Film Festival 2011 generic - Documentary Competition
- São Paulo International Film Festival 2011 generic
- Tokyo International Film Festival 2011 generic
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2011 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 2010 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | United States | September 3, 2010 |
| Theatrical | Belgium | December 1, 2011 |
Full credits
| Director | Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasiukov |
| Cast | 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) |
| Screenplay | Dmitry Vasyukov, Rudolph Herzog, Werner Herzog |
| Producer | Carl Woebcken, Christoph Fisser, Nick N. Raslan |
| Executive producer | Klaus Badelt, Timur Bekmambetov, Werner Herzog |
| Cinematography | Alexey Matveev, Gleb Stepanov |
| Editing | Dmitry Vasyukov, Joe Bini, Maxim Perepelkin |
| Music | Klaus Badelt |
Additional data: TMDB.
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