A window into Russia, unknown to Western man, and even to many Russians. "Russia - the largest country in the world. In many of its parts, it remains unknown world full of wonders. Let the world and will continue for the generations that come after us".
Cinematography
Eight directors = eight ways to make ice look sexy.
Score
Orchestral swells that dare you not to cry at lichen.
Production
Shot in Kamchatka—basically the moon but with more bears.
Director
Uwe Anders
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Siegfried Rauch, the narrator, was a German TV star—imagine Walter White doing Attenborough. Wild.
This 2011 release coincided with Russia's 'Wild Russia' tourism push—basically state-sponsored wanderlust before geopolitics ruined everything.
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