The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
2021, English. Directed by Bill Morrison.
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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- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle is streaming on Kino Film Collection in India.
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Cast & crew
- Bill MorrisonDirector
- Gísli Fannar GylfasonSelf - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member
- Erlendur SveinssonSelf - Former NFAI Director
- Pyotr BagrovSelf - Former Gosfilmotond Curator
- Mikhail ZharovSelf - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage)
- Czar Nicholas II of RussiaSelf (archive footage)
- Vladimir LeninSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Joseph StalinSelf - Politician (archive footage)
- Leon TrotskySelf - Politician (archive footage)
Details
- Released
- 27 April 2021
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Bill Morrison
- Budget
- $294K
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The Village Detective: A Song Cycle is streaming on Kino Film Collection in India. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Village Detective: A Song Cycle?
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021) was directed by Bill Morrison and stars Gísli Fannar Gylfason, Erlendur Sveinsson, Pyotr Bagrov.