The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

4.0(3 votes)
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.

Production

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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