The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

    The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
    2021

    Synopsis

    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 GylfasonSelf - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member
    • Erlendur SveinssonSelf - Former NFAI Director
    • Pyotr BagrovSelf - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
    • Mikhail ZharovSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
    • Czar Nicholas II of RussiaSelf (archive footage)
    • Vladimir LeninSelf - Politician (archive footage)
    • Joseph StalinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
    • Leon TrotskySelf - Politician (archive footage)

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