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MASTER SCORE 82.5 / 100
2010·Documentary·1h 30m

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”

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.

Above the Line
Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov·DirectorRudolph Herzog·WriterWerner Herzog·WriterAlexey Matveev·Director of PhotographyKlaus Badelt·Original Music ComposerMaxim Perepelkin·Editor
Cast
Werner Herzog·Narrator (voice)Gennady Soloviev·Self - Trapper #1Anatoly Blumei·Self - Trapper #2Gennady Tiganov·Self - Native Boat BuilderMikhail Tarkovsky·Self - Trapper #3
Full Crew
(14 credits)
Directing· 2
Werner Herzog·DirectorDmitry Vasyukov·Director
Writing· 3
Rudolph Herzog·WriterWerner Herzog·WriterDmitry Vasyukov·Writer
Camera· 2
Alexey Matveev·Director of PhotographyGleb Stepanov·Director of Photography
Editing· 3
Maxim Perepelkin·EditorDmitry Vasyukov·EditorJoe Bini·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Klaus Badelt·Original Music Composer
Production· 3
Christoph Fisser·ProducerNick N. Raslan·ProducerCarl Woebcken·Producer
By the Numbers
82.5
OF 100
Master Score
7.7
OF 10
IMDb
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Rotten Tomatoes
$339K
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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