The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

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.

Genre: Documentary, History

Stars: Gísli Fannar Gylfason, Erlendur Sveinsson, Pyotr Bagrov, Mikhail Zharov, Czar Nicholas II of Russia, Vladimir Lenin

Crew: Bill Morrison (Writer), David Lang (Original Music Composer), Bill Morrison (Editor), Bill Morrison (Sound Designer), Bill Morrison (Additional Photography), Maria Vinogradova (Producer)

Country: United States of America

Language: EnglishÍslenskaPусский

Studio: Hypnotic Pictures, Picture Palace Pictures

Runtime: 81 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Apr 27, 2021

IMDb: 7

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

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