The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

  • Rated 4.0 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2021
  • 1h 21m
  • 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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Director
Bill Morrison
Starring
Gísli Fannar Gylfason, Erlendur Sveinsson, Pyotr Bagrov, Mikhail Zharov

Cast

  • Gísli Fannar Gylfason

    Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member

  • 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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