The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

81 mins
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.

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)

David Lang

Original Music Composer

Bill Morrison

Sound Designer

Bill Morrison

Additional Photography

Torin Geller

Sound Mixer

John Somers

Sound Designer

Tómas Marshall

Camera Operator

Shara Nova

Musician

Maxim Orlov

Camera Operator

Sam Green

Editorial Consultant

Maria Vinogradova

Editorial Consultant

Roman Levitskiy

Camera Operator

Frikki Frikk

Camera Operator

Keith Jenson

Colorist

Nick Lloyd

Music Editor

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