The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

April. 27,2021      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Pyotr Bagrov as  Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
Mikhail Zharov as  Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia as  Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin as  Self - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph Stalin as  Self - Politician (archive footage)
Leon Trotsky as  Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Reviews

CommentsXp
2021/04/27

Best movie ever!

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ChicRawIdol
2021/04/28

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

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Humbersi
2021/04/29

The first must-see film of the year.

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Kayden
2021/04/30

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

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