The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
2021•1h 21m•4.0•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Bill Morrison
Writer
Bill Morrison
Budget
$0M
Languages
English, Icelandic, Russian
Studio
Hypnotic Pictures
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)
Production
Company
Hypnotic Pictures
Company
Picture Palace Pictures
Producer
Maria Vinogradova
Producer
Bill Morrison
Producer
Madeleine Molyneaux
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