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

Duration:

81 min

Cast:

Gísli Fannar Gylfason, Erlendur Sveinsson, Pyotr Bagrov

Quality:

HD

Director:

Bill Morrison

Release:

2021

Country:

United States

Rating:

4.0