The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

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.

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Gísli Fannar Gylfason
Gísli Fannar Gylfason
Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member
Pyotr Bagrov
Pyotr Bagrov
Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
Mikhail Zharov
Михаил Жаров
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Владимир Ленин
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin
Иосиф Сталин
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Release dateApr 27 2021

Runtime1 hour 21 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesEnglish, Icelandic, Russian

Production companiesHypnotic Pictures, Picture Palace Pictures

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