The Village Detective

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The Village Detective

1969

1h 22m

6.2(6 votes)

Comedy

Mystery

Overview

Police officer Aniskin lives with his family in a rural Russian village whose inhabitants admire his gentleness and wisdom. When an accordion is stolen from the local clubhouse, he begins to investigate.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Mikhail Zharov

Fyodor Ivanovich Aniskin

Roman Tkachuk

Gennady Pozdnyakov

Vladislav Balandin

Rafail

Yuriy Chernov

Stepan

Anatoliy Ignatyev

Grishka

Anatoliy Kubatskiy

Ivan

Aleksandr Milyutin

Senka Pankov

Tatyana Pelttser

Glafira Aniskina

Natalya Sayko

Zina Aniskina

Nikolai Skorobogatov

Ivan Ivanovich

Creative team

Directed by: Ivan Lukinsky
Written by: Irina Mazuruk
Vil Lipatov

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