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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”

★ 7.3 TMDB Rating · 142 votes

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.

Director
Werner Herzog, Dmitry Vasyukov
Release date
Sep 3, 2010
Original language
English
Origin
Germany

Cast of Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

  • Portrait of Werner Herzog

    Werner Herzog

    Narrator (voice)

  • Gennady Soloviev

    Self - Trapper #1

  • Anatoly Blumei

    Self - Trapper #2

  • Gennady Tiganov

    Self - Native Boat Builder

  • Mikhail Tarkovsky

    Self - Trapper #3

Where to Stream Happy People: A Year in the Taiga by Country

United States
Streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, BrewRent or buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies
United Kingdom
Streaming on Curiosity Stream
India
Streaming on Curiosity Stream
Canada
Streaming on Curiosity Stream, fuboTV
Australia
Streaming on Curiosity Stream

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