The Village Detective (1969)

Name: The Village Detective
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Released: 1969-03-15

1h 22m

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March 15, 1969
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Plot.

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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Release Date
March 15, 1969

Original Name
Деревенский детектив

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 22m

Genres
Comedy Mystery

Last updated: 2025-02-09

This Movie Is About.

based on novel or book

police officer

rural life

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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.