Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

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