Dersu Uzala (book)
Still photo from the 1975 film Dersu Uzala, with Maxim Munzuk (left front) as Dersu | |
| Author | V. K. Arseniev |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Travelogue |
| Publisher | McPherson |
Publication date | October 1996 |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 978-0-929701-49-3 |
Dersu Uzala (Russian: Дерсу Узала; alternate U.S. titles: With Dersu the Hunter and Dersu the Trapper) is a 1923 memoir by the Russian explorer Vladimir Arsenyev, concerning his travels in the Russian Far East with the Nanai hunter Dersu Uzala.
The story was made into a 1975 film Dersu Uzala, directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The film became only the second from Russia to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, after War and Peace (1966–1967).