Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
2010/09/03 (US) | Documentary
The director of Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Grizzly Man takes you on an epic journey into the heart of the Siberian wilderness
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.
Werner Herzog
Director
Dmitry Vasyukov
Director
Lead Cast
Werner Herzog
Narrator (voice)
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Gennady Soloviev
Self - Trapper #1
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Anatoly Blumei
Self - Trapper #2
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Gennady Tiganov
Self - Native Boat Builder
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Mikhail Tarkovsky
Self - Trapper #3
Budget
$ 0
Revenue
$ 338,987
Status
Released
Production Company
- Studio Babelsberg
Crews
Christoph Fisser
Producer
Klaus Badelt
Executive Producer
Timur Bekmambetov
Executive Producer
Werner Herzog
Executive Producer
Robyn Klein
Associate Producer
Thomas Nickel
Co-Producer
Nick N. Raslan
Producer
Carl Woebcken
Producer