The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 27, 2021

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Icelandic, Russian

Countries

United States of America

Production

Hypnotic Pictures,Picture Palace Pictures

Cast

Pyotr Bagrov,Joseph Stalin,Gísli Fannar Gylfason,Mikhail Zharov,Erlendur Sveinsson,Czar Nicholas II of Russia,Leon Trotsky,Vladimir Lenin

Director

Bill Morrison

Writer

Bill Morrison

Producer

Bill Morrison,Madeleine Molyneaux,Maria Vinogradova

Music

David Lang

Budget

$294,456

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt9463622