Village Detective
Village Detective (Russian: Деревенский детектив, romanized: Derevensky detektiv) is a 1969 Soviet crime comedy film directed by Ivan Lukinsky and based on the novella of the same name by Vil Lipatov. Lyrical detective lives of rural local policeman Aniskin.
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| Directed by | Ivan Lukinsky |
| Written by | Vil Lipatov Irina Mazuruk |
| Produced by | Mikhail Kapustin |
| Starring | Mikhail Zharov Tatyana Pelttser Natalya Sayko Lidiya Smirnova |
| Cinematography | Anatoly Buravchikov Igor Klebanov Vladimir Rapoport |
| Edited by | Ksenia Blinova |
| Music by | Anatoly Lepin |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
Later on the screens came two sequels: Aniskin and Fantomas (1973)[1] and Aniskin Again (1978).[2]
Plot
An accordion is stolen from a village club. For the collective farm, where an accordion is worth more than a good cow, this is a "crime of the century". When Aniskin is assigned to solve the crime, his suspicion falls on a man in love with a local store saleswoman.
Cast
- Mikhail Zharov as Fyodor Ivanovich Aniskin, rural district and a police lieutenant
- Tatyana Pelttser as Glafira Aniskina, his wife
- Natalya Sayko as Zina Aniskina, their daughter
- Lidiya Smirnova as Yevdokia Mironovna Pronina, rural shop clerk
- Roman Tkachuk as Gennady Pozdnyakov, head of the club
- Nikolay Skorobogatov as Ivan Ivanovich, chairman of the kolkhoz
- Georgy Slabinyak as Vitaly Pankov
- Anatoly Kubatsky as Ivan, an old farmer
- Vladislav Balandin as Rafail
- Yuri Chernov as balalaika player Stepan
- Irina Zarubina as milkmaid Praskovya Pankova
- Maria Vinogradova as strict mother
Awards
The film won the award for Best Comedy at the All-Union Film Festival in Minsk.[3]
References
- Анискин и Фантомас
- И снова Анискин
- "ВКФ (Всесоюзный кинофестиваль)" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
External links
- Village Detective at IMDb
- ‘The Village Detective: A Song Cycle’ Review: Bill Morrison Finds Fresh Angles on a Half-Forgotten Mystery
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