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

Films directed by Igor Maslennikov

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson	Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) The Treasures of Agra (1983) The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986) Remembrance of Sherlock Holmes (2000)

Other films	Sentimentalny roman (1976)

Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories

Silent films

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
A Study in Scarlet (1914)
Detektiv Braun (1914)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
The Valley of Fear (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1929)

Norwood series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
The Sign of Four (1923)

Wontner series

Rathbone-Bruce
series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Voice of Terror (1942)
Secret Weapon (1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Maslennikov
series

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
The Treasures of Agra (1983)
The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)

Stoll series (shorts)

By actor

Clive Brook	The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Peter Cushing	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Masks of Death (1984)

Christopher Lee	The Deadly Necklace (1962) The Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)

Christopher Plummer	Silver Blaze (1977) Murder by Decree (1979)

Ian Richardson	The Sign of Four (1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) Murder Rooms (2000)

Matt Frewer	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Sign of Four (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002) The Royal Scandal (2003)

Ian Hart (as Watson)	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)

Robert Downey, Jr.	Sherlock Holmes (2009) A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films

The Speckled Band (1931)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983)
The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
Hands of a Murderer (1990)
The Crucifer of Blood (1991)
1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)
The Hound of London (1993)
Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
Mr. Holmes (2015)

Comedies,
pastiches,
and parodies

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916)
The Limejuice Mystery or Who Spat in Grandfather's Porridge? (1930)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
The Case of the Screaming Bishop (1944)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976)
Sherlock Pink (1976)
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
The Private Eyes (1980)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997)
Zero Effect (1998)
A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler (2006)
Aria the Scarlet Ammo (2008)
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes (2009)
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Sherlock Yack (2011)

Television
series

Sherlock Holmes (1951)
Sherlock Holmes (1954)
Sherlock Holmes (1965–68)
Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
The Baker Street Boys (1983)
Sherlock Hound (1984–85)
Sherlock Holmes (1984–94)
- episodes
Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
Sherlock (2010–present)
Elementary (2012–present)
Sherlock Holmes (2013)
Sherlock Holmes (2014)

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