The taiga, a russian word now generally accepted in english, is the siberian forest, which is one and a half times the size of the united states. With happy people, werner herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes happy people. A year in the taiga is a 2010 documentary film directed by werner herzog and dmitry vasyukov and produced by herzog. Official website film series happy people director dmitry vasyukov yenisei pomory altai channel author. 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.
A year in the taiga doesnt quite qualify as a werner herzog movie. Happy people is a documentary series about people from faraway corners of russia, who live in harmony with their beautiful but harsh natural surroundings. The acclaimed filmmaker presents this visually stunning documentary about the life of indigenous people living in the heart of the siberian taiga. A year in the taiga is the latest in a series of nature documentaries by werner herzog here with codirection by dimitry vasyokov, this one chronicling life in a siberian village over a twelvemonth period. The acclaimed filmmaker presents this visually stunning documentary about the people living in the heart of the siberian taiga. Films directed by werner herzog german documentary films 2010s documentary films yenisei basin films scored by klaus badelt documentary film stubs. Deep in the wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the small village of bakhtia. A year in the taiga, werner herzog and russian codirector dmitry vasyukov takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes. A year in the taiga is a 2010 documentary film written by rudolph herzog, werner herzog and dmitry vasyukov and directed by werner herzog and d. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. Documentarian dmitry vasyukov spent a year in the siberian taiga an area one and a half times the size of the continental united states, with no roads or trains traversing itand cut the footage into a fourhour television series that ran in his native russia a few years ago. Deep in the siberian wilderness, far away from civilization, 300 people inhabit the.
Happy people is a year in the life of gennady soloviev, who earns his livelihood in the traditional manner of a trapper, mainly of sable. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions. A year in the taiga, werner herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural. And in herzogs new documentary, a collaboration with russian filmmaker dmitry vasyukov called happy people. The film depicts the life of the people in the village of bakhta at the confluence of the yenisei and the bakhta river, in the siberianin particular, it focuses on the trappers who hunt for fur animals, such as sable. Happy people is very much of a piece with herzogs other work, examining mans place in the natural world, looking at mans history. Codirected by werner herzog, happy people tells the incredible story of a.
A year in the taiga 2010 starring werner herzog on dvd and bluray. A year in the taiga is available to watch and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, the roku channel, amazon, vudu, itunes online. A year in the taiga by dmitry vasyukov,werner herzog. A year in the taiga, werner herzog takes viewers on yet another unforgettable journey into remote and extreme natural landscapes. With werner herzog, nikolay nikiforovitch siniaev, gennady soloviev, anatoly tarkovsky.