The Urals
Oliver Goetzl / Germany / 2009 / 44 min / Colour
Italian premiere
The second episode of the series, Wild Russia, introduces the viewer to the Ural Mountains. Mysterious stone monuments mark the border between Europe and Asia. On a plateau in the northern Ural mountains the “Seven Strong Men” loom 50 metres high into the sky. The indigenous people regard “Manpupuner” as a place where ghosts gather. Extending over 2,000 kilometres from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Kazakh border, the foothills of the Ural mountains are covered in coniferous forests and softly blend into the adjacent steppe landscape. Hungry wolves roam the forest in search of prey, always wary of the larger solitary bears. Besides, mighty elks find their food here, even when the high snow cover already reaches the bears’ belly. For the first time, this film captures how migrating elk swim through broad rivers in late winter to find new feeding grounds. Wild Russia shows the unique landscapes and the richness of the flora and fauna of the largest country in the world, in breathtaking HD-quality.
Oliver Goetzl
Credits
Language English Screenplay Oliver Goetzl Cinematography Ivo Nörenberg Sound Oliver Goetzl, Ivo Nörenberg Editing Oliver Goetzl Music Kolja Erdmann Production company NDR Naturfilm Studio Hamburg Documentaries
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