
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)
1h 21m | PG-13
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
Cast

Gísli Fannar Gylfason
as Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member

Erlendur Sveinsson
as Self - Former NFAI Director

Pyotr Bagrov
as Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator

Mikhail Zharov
as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)

Czar Nicholas II of Russia
as Self (archive footage)

Vladimir Lenin
as Self - Politician (archive footage)