Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young lady who is receiving anonymous letters 10 years after her father passed away under shady circumstances. They find themselves in an enigma involving a treasure, murder and a love interest for Watson.
Acting
Livanov's Holmes silently judges Watson's romance with magnificent disdain.
Production
Soviet filmmakers built better Victorian London than most British productions.
Writing
Watson's narration treats Holmes like an exasperating genius roommate.
Director
Igor Maslennikov
Vasiliy Livanov
Sherlock Holmes
Vitali Solomin
Dr. Watson
Rina Zelyonaya
Mrs. Hudson
Boryslav Brondukov
Inspector Lestrade
Ekaterina Zinchenko
Miss Mary Morstan
Viktor Proskurin
Thadeus Sholto / Bartholomew Sholto
Pavel Kadochnikov
Major Sholto
Sergey Shakurov
Jonathan Small
Valentina Kosobutskaya
Mrs. Smith - Mordecai Smith's Wife
Marina Yurasova
Mrs. Burston - Housekeeper
Vladimir Doroshev
Sherman - makes a stuffed animal
Igor Efimov
Inspector Lestrade (voice)
Natalya Rychagova
Mary Morstan (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vasiliy Livanov became so iconic as Holmes that the British Embassy gifted him a magnifying glass in 2006. Queen Elizabeth II's permission was sought.
Maslennikov deliberately amplified Holmes's jealousy in Watson's romance—nowhere in Doyle's text is it this pronounced, creating cinema's first Holmes/Watson shipper bait.
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