Soviet Holmes: colder than London fog, twice as mysterious.
This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In this version the entire plot of the story Bruce-Partington Drawings was deleted.
Acting
Livanov's Holmes: arrogant, vulnerable, utterly hypnotic.
Production
Lavish period detail on presumably zero budget.
Writing
Watson finally gets jokes that land.
Director
Igor Maslennikov
Vasiliy Livanov
Sherlock Holmes
Vitali Solomin
Dr. Watson
Rina Zelyonaya
Mrs. Hudson
Boryslav Brondukov
Inspector Lestrade
Boris Klyuev
Mycroft Holmes
Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister
Aleksandr Romantsov
Sir Trelawney Hope
Elena Safonova
Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope
Larisa Guzeeva
Madame Henri Fournaye
Igor Efimov
Ferguson
Viktor Koretskiy
Hederly - Hydraulic Engineer
Evgeniy Platokhin
Eduardo Lucas
Ekaterina Zinchenko
Miss Mary Morstan
Oleg Aksyonov
Jacobs - butler
Bronislaw Velichko
Railway worker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson became a phenomenon behind the Iron Curtain; this theatrical cut condensed two TV episodes for wider release.
Vasiliy Livanov was later awarded the Order of the British Empire for his definitive portrayal — the only Russian actor so honored for playing a British icon.
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