CinemaOSMovie · 2021 · 1h 21m

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

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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.

Directed byBill Morrison

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 21m
Language: EN
Released: April 27, 2021
Budget: $294,456

Studios

Picture Palace Pictures

Hypnotic Pictures

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Trailer

Trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited

Starring

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)

Creative team

Directed by: Bill Morrison
Written by: Bill Morrison
Produced by: Maria Vinogradova
Madeleine Molyneaux

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