Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Directed by	Igor Maslennikov
Produced by	Lenfilm
Written by	Arthur Conan Doyle (novel) Igor Maslennikov Yuli Dunsky Valeri Frid
Starring	Vasily Livanov Vitaly Solomin Rina Zelyonaya
Music by	Vladimir Dashkevich (original score) Boris Andreev (sound department)
Cinematography	Yuri Veksler
Edited by	Mark Kaplan (artist)
Distributed by	Lenfilm Gosteleradio
Release dates	1979 (1979)
Running time	135 minutes (in 2 episodes)
Country	Soviet Union
Language	Russian

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Russian: Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон) is a 1979 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novels about Sherlock Holmes. Directed by Igor Maslennikov it is the first of a 5-part TV film series (divided into 11-episodes) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The film is divided into two episodes – "The Acquaintance" (Russian: Знакомство, based on "The Adventure of the Speckled Band") and "Bloody Inscription" (Russian: Кровавая надпись, based on A Study in Scarlet).

Cast

• Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes
• Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson
• Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson

The Acquaintance

• Gennady Bogachov as Stamford
• Maria Solomina as Helen Stoner and Julia Stoner
• Fedor Odinokov as Dr. Roylott (voiced by Igor Yefimov)

Bloody Inscription

• Borislav Brondukov as Inspector Lestrade
• Igor Dmitriev as Inspector Gregson
• Nikolai Karachentsov as Jefferson Hope
• Viktor Aristov as Joseph Stangerson
• Adolf Ilyin as Enoch Drebber

External links

• Part 1 at IMDb
• Part 2 at IMDb
• English subtitles for 1 series