Letter from Siberia

IMDb link: 0050633
IMDb rating: 7.4 (1,151 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Chris Marker, Georges Rouquier

Release date: 29 Oct 1958
Release year: 1958
Runtime: 62 minutes
Country: France
Keywords: essay film, nature, soviet union, gold mining, gold, sputnik, indigenous people, reindeer herding, reindeer, reindeer herd

Plot:

A traveler goes on a journey through the vast territory and isolated villages of Siberia, recording his observations on its people and places, wildlife and culture. Urbanization, reckless deforestation and the demise of the wooly mammoth all fall under his critical gaze.

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