The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Movie ★ 4.0/10 2021 81 min Released HD · 4K
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.

Rating
4.0/10
3 votes
Runtime
81 min
Theatrical cut
Released
2021
Released
Language
EN
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
Director
Bill Morrison
Writers
Bill Morrison
Studio
Hypnotic Pictures, Picture Palace Pictures

Cast

Gísli Fannar Gylfason
Gísli Fannar Gylfason
Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member
 Erlendur Sveinsson
Erlendur Sveinsson
Self - Former NFAI Director
 Pyotr Bagrov
Pyotr Bagrov
Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
 Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
 Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
 Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
 Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
 Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Self - Politician (archive footage)

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