Village Detective (1969)
- 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
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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