The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

2021
1h 21m
4.0

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Documentary History
Overview

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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Status: Released

Budget: $294,456

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Hypnotic Pictures Picture Palace Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Icelandic Russian

Keywords

propaganda cinema on cinema found footage russian history portrait of an artist soviet union history

Quick Facts

Release Date April 27, 2021
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt9463622

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)

Key Crew

Bill Morrison
Writer
Maria Vinogradova
Producer
Bill Morrison
Producer
Madeleine Molyneaux
Producer
Bill Morrison
Director