The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

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.

• Bill MorrisonWriter
• David LangOriginal Music Composer
• 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)