Happy People: A Year in the Taiga
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

September 3, 201094 min7.3EN
Documentary

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.

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Cast

Werner Herzog
Werner HerzogNarrator (voice)
Gennady Soloviev
Gennady SolovievSelf - Trapper #1
Anatoly Blumei
Anatoly BlumeiSelf - Trapper #2
Gennady Tiganov
Gennady TiganovSelf - Native Boat Builder
Mikhail Tarkovsky
Mikhail TarkovskySelf - Trapper #3