The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)
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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Cast
- Gísli Fannar Gylfason — Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member
- Erlendur Sveinsson — Self - Former NFAI Director
- Pyotr Bagrov — Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
- Mikhail Zharov — Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
- Czar Nicholas II of Russia — Self (archive footage)
- Vladimir Lenin — Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Joseph Stalin — Self - Politician (archive footage)
- Leon Trotsky — Self - Politician (archive footage)
Where to watch The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
Kino Film Collection, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
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