Discover
During the summer of 2016, a fishing boat off the shores of Iceland made a most curious catch: four reels of 35mm film, seemingly of Soviet provenance. Unlike the film find explored in Bill Morrison’s Dawson City: Frozen Time, it turned out this discovery wasn’t a lost work of major importance, but an incomplete print of a popular comedy starring beloved Russian actor Mihail Žarov. Does that mean it has no value? Morrison thought not. To him, the heavily water-damaged print, and the way it surfaced, could be seen as a fitting reflection on the life of Žarov, who loved this role so much that he even co-directed a sequel to it. Morrison uses the story as a jumping off point for his latest meditation on cinema’s past, offering a journey into Soviet history and film accompanied by a gorgeous score by Pulitzer and Grammy-winning composer David Lang.
Original Release
07/26/2021
US Release
09/22/2021
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mikhail Zharov | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) / (archive footage) |
Lev Trotskiy | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Iosif Stalin | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Vladimir Lenin | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Tsar Nicholas II | Self (archive footage) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mikhail Zharov | Self - Actor / Various Roles (archive footage) / (archive footage) |
Lev Trotskiy | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Iosif Stalin | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Vladimir Lenin | Self - Politician (archive footage) |
Tsar Nicholas II | Self (archive footage) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Bill Morrison | Producer |
Madeleine Molyneaux | Producer |
Maria Vinogradova | Producer |