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Village Detective (1969)

Village Detective poster
Original title
Деревенский детектив
Directed by
Ivan Lukinsky
Genre
crime comedy film, police film
Country
Soviet Union
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
12+
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A rural policeman in a small Soviet village uses his wit and knowledge of the townspeople to solve the theft of an accordion. The investigation reveals a web of jealousy, mischief, and romance among the villagers.

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What happens

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. Later on the screens came two sequels: Aniskin and Fantomas (1973) and Aniskin Again (1978). The film tells the story of a rural policeman who employs wit and community insight to solve the theft of an accordion, uncovering a tangled web of jealousy, mischief, and romance in a quiet village. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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