Dersu Uzala (1961 film)

Dersu Uzala
Дерсу Узала
Directed byAgasi Babayan
Written byVladimir Arsenyev (book)
Igor Bolgarin
StarringAdolf Shestakov
Kasym Zhakibayev
Aleksandr Baranov
N. Gladkov
Lev Lobov
CinematographyAnatoli Kaznin
Music byMerab Partskhaladze
Production
company
Tsentrnauchfilm
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
86 min
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала) is a 1961 Soviet film adapted from the book by Vladimir Arsenyev about his travels in the Russian Far East with the native trapper Dersu Uzala. The film was directed by Agasi Babayan from a screenplay by screenwriter Igor Bolgarin. The film starred actors Adolf Shestakov and Kasym Zhakibayev.