The Soviet Union made the definitive Sherlock? Da, comrade. Prepare to be haunted.
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his country house, Dr James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes for help to save Sir Henry Baskerville, the only known heir, from the curse that haunts Baskerville family.
Acting
Livanov's Holmes is wry, exhausted, and iconic.
Cinematography
Bleak Soviet moors that out-gothic Britain.
Direction
Maslennikov lets dread breathe for 154 minutes.
Director
Igor Maslennikov
Vasiliy Livanov
Sherlock Holmes
Vitali Solomin
Dr. Watson
Rina Zelyonaya
Mrs. Hudson
Irina Kupchenko
Miss Beryl Stapleton
Nikita Mikhalkov
Sir Henry Baskerville
Svetlana Kryuchkova
Eliza Barrymore
Boryslav Brondukov
Inspector Lestrade
Alla Demidova
Laura Lyons
Evgeniy Steblov
Dr. James Mortimer
Oleg Palmov
postal director
Oleg Belov
cabman 2704
Dmitry Bessonov
butler
Paul Leomar
Selden - Convict
Alexander Adabashyan
John Barrymore
Sergei Martinson
Mr. Frankland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nikita Mikhalkov, who plays Sir Henry, later became Russia's most politically controversial Oscar-winning director.
This Soviet adaptation was so beloved in Russia that Livanov's Holmes became a cultural icon; the British Embassy once gifted him a magnifying glass in official recognition.
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