The Village Detective: A Song Cycle

The Village Detective: A Song Cycle is a documentary film that explores the life and artistic legacy of Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov, a Russian cinema icon. The film delves into Zharov's experiences as an actor and artist through previously unseen archive footage, including his roles in propaganda films like "The Village Detective" (1969), which was surprisingly discovered intact on an Icelandic trawler in 2016. Gísli Fannar Gylfason plays Fróði II Trawler Crew Member, a crew member who helped recover the canister containing Zharov's film, and Erlendur Sveinsson appears as himself, sharing insights into the discovery.