The Village Detective: A Song Cycle (2021)
Atlantische Oceaan, voor de kust van IJsland, 9 juli 2016. De verrassende ontdekking van een bus – met daarin vier rollen The Village Detective (Деревенский детектив), een Sovjetfilm uit 1969 –, gevangen in de netten van een IJslandse trawler, is de eerste stap in een fascinerende reis door het artistieke leven van film- en toneelacteur Michail Ivanovitsj Zharov (1899-1981), icoon en ster van een heel tijdperk van de Russische cinema.
Regiseur: Bill Morrison
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Gísli Fannar Gylfason as Self - Fróði II Trawler Crew Member |
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Erlendur Sveinsson as Self - Former NFAI Director |
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Pyotr Bagrov as Self - Former Gosfilmotond Curator |
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Михаил Жаров as Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) |
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Czar Nicholas II of Russia as Self (archive footage) |
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Владимир Ленин as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Jozef Stalin as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
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Leon Trotsky as Self - Politician (archive footage) |
| Writing | Bill Morrison | Writer |
| Sound | David Lang | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Bill Morrison | Editor |
| Production | Maria Vinogradova | Producer |
| Editing | Maria Vinogradova | Editorial Consultant |
| Editing | Sam Green | Editorial Consultant |
| Sound | Frode Andersen | Musician |
| Sound | Shara Nova | Musician |
| Sound | Nick Lloyd | Music Editor |
| Sound | Bill Morrison | Sound Designer |
| Sound | John Somers | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Tómas Marshall | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Frikki Frikk | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Maxim Orlov | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Roman Levitskiy | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bill Morrison | Additional Photography |
| Editing | Keith Jenson | Colorist |
| Sound | Torin Geller | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Jóhann Jóhannsson | In Memory Of |
| Directing | Bill Morrison | Director |
| Production | Bill Morrison | Producer |
| Production | Madeleine Molyneaux | Producer |