The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

2021 | 1 h 21mins |U/A 13+| 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.

Starring: Gísli Fannar Gylfason , Erlendur Sveinsson , Pyotr Bagrov.