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Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

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
Documentary
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English , Russian
📆 Date Released: 2010-09-03
⌚ Running Time: 94 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.3

Beloved Cast

Werner Herzog original image
Narrator (voice)
Werner Herzog
Gennady Soloviev original image
Self - Trapper #1
Gennady Soloviev
Anatoly Blumei original image
Self - Trapper #2
Anatoly Blumei
Gennady Tiganov original image
Self - Native Boat Builder
Gennady Tiganov
Mikhail Tarkovsky original image
Self - Trapper #3
Mikhail Tarkovsky

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