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.

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)

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