Sherlock vs. spies as WWI looms—Livanov's final bow as the definitive Holmes.
The final film of the television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson." It is based on the late and little-known stories of Arthur Conan Doyle, united by the theme of the approaching world war and the struggle of the legendary detective with foreign spies.
Acting
Livanov and Solomin's final, deeply felt partnership.
Production
Lavish late-Soviet period detail on TV budget.
Direction
Maslennikov's elegiac swan song to his iconic series.
Director
Igor Maslennikov
Vasiliy Livanov
Sherlock Holmes
Vitali Solomin
Dr. Watson
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
Konstantin Vorobyov
Pitkin - constable
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Soviet Holmes series was so beloved in Russia that Livanov received an Order of the British Empire—one of few non-Brits ever honored for playing the detective.
Maslennikov stitched together three obscure Doyle stories ('The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans,' 'His Last Bow,' 'The Adventure of the Second Stain') to create this elegiac finale.
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