The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)

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.

• Year: 2021
• Genres: Documentary, History
• Countries: United States of America
• Languages: English, Icelandic, Russian
• Runtime: 81 min