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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2021-04-27
Runtime: 81 mins
Director: Bill Morrison
Writer: Bill Morrison
Spoken language: English, Íslenska, Pусский
Genres: Documentary, History
Original title: The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
Production Companies: Hypnotic Pictures, Picture Palace Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Gísli Fannar Gylfason
Erlendur Sveinsson
Pyotr Bagrov
Mikhail Zharov
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
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