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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)

4.0/10 1h 21m Apr 27, 2021
Documentary History

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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Movie Details

Original Title The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
Original Language EN
Budget $294,456
Status Released
Popularity 0.3

Cast

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Gísli Fannar Gylfason
Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member
Popularity: 0.0
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Erlendur Sveinsson
Self - Former NFAI Director
Popularity: 0.0
Pyotr Bagrov
Pyotr Bagrov
Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
Popularity: 0.0
Mikhail Zharov
Mikhail Zharov
Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Popularity: 2.0
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Popularity: 4.8
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.7
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Popularity: 8.7
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Popularity: 1.2

Key Crew

Writer Bill Morrison
Editor Bill Morrison
Producer Maria Vinogradova, Bill Morrison, Madeleine Molyneaux
Director Bill Morrison

Production

Hypnotic Pictures
US
Picture Palace Pictures
US

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Keywords

propaganda cinema on cinema found footage russian history portrait of an artist soviet union history

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Release Date April 27, 2021
Runtime 1h 21m
Budget $294,456
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.3
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