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Disc 1
DVD
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)
81 min
HistoryDocumentary
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.
Credits
Director
Bill Morrison
Writer
Bill Morrison
Cast
Gísli Fannar Gylfasonas Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member
Erlendur Sveinssonas Self - Former NFAI Director
Pyotr Bagrovas Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
Mikhail Zharovas Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russiaas Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Leninas Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Stalinas Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leon Trotskyas Self - Politician (archive footage)
Composer
David Lang
Editor
Bill Morrison
Producer
Maria Vinogradova
Bill Morrison
Madeleine Molyneaux
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 11, 2026