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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)

1h 21m | PG-13

⭐ 4 / 10

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

Studio: Hypnotic Pictures

Genre: Documentary, History

Video: 720p

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Cast

Gísli Fannar Gylfason

Gísli Fannar Gylfason

as Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member

Erlendur Sveinsson

Erlendur Sveinsson

as Self - Former NFAI Director

Pyotr Bagrov

Pyotr Bagrov

as Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator

Mikhail Zharov

Mikhail Zharov

as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

Czar Nicholas II of Russia

as Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Lenin

as Self - Politician (archive footage)