Siberian Buddha (1997)

Siberian Buddha

1997

Documentary

Synopsis

Authors of the film make the journey both real and mystical through the Buryatia. They are following their character lama Danzan — the spiritual leader and member of parliament of his mysterious country called Little Tibet. Lama Danzan is modern incarnation of the Agvan Dorzhiev, who was the teacher of Dalai-lama XIII and played an important role in the struggle between Britain, China and Russia for the dominance in Tibet at the beginning of XX century. Today lama Danzan is doing everything possible overcoming natural and mystic obstacles to build magic spokes, suburgans, which are believed by him and his followers to change the life of the country for the better .

Credits

Director

Dirk Dumon

Cast

Alexandr Ivanov as narrator

Crew

Igor Sherman (Additional Photography)

Dzhil von Grimbergen (Assistant Director)

Igor Sherman (Assistant Production Manager)

Ludmila Kipovskaya (Associate Producer)

Roman Smirnov (Camera Operator)

Uhan Leizens (Editor)