The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)

Documentary History

Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Iceland, July 9, 2016. The surprising discovery of a canister —containing four reels of The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), a 1969 Soviet film—, caught in the nets of an Icelandic trawler, is the first step in a fascinating journey through the artistic life of film and stage actor Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899-1981), icon and star of an entire era of Russian cinema.

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  • Release Date: 2021-04-27
  • Runtime: 1h 21min
  • Director: Bill Morrison

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    Cast

    • Gísli Fannar Gylfason

      Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member

    • Erlendur Sveinsson

      Self - Former NFAI Director

    • Pyotr Bagrov

      Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator

    • Mikhail Zharov

      Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

    • Czar Nicholas II of Russia

      Self (archive footage)

    • Vladimir Lenin

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

    • Joseph Stalin

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

    • Leon Trotsky

      Self - Politician (archive footage)

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