The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980
📺 5 Seasons
🎬 11 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 RU
⏱️ 77 min/episode
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson is a series of five films produced by Lenfilm for the Soviet Central Television, split into eleven episodes, starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov and filmed in Russia (the then Soviet Union) between 1979 and 1986, and the series was one of the most successful in the history of Russian television.
Seasons
Season 1
Based on The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Season 2
Based on The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton.
Season 3
The Hound of the Baskervilles is an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name. Estonia takes the place of Dartmoor for the exterior shots. A sense of humor marks a departure from other adaptations.
Season 4
Based on The Sign of Four and A Scandal in Bohemia.
Season 5
Based on The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb and The Adventure of the Second Stain.
Crew
Director
Igor Maslennikov
Writer
Yuli Dunsky
Network
Central Television USSR
Production
Lenfilm, Gosteleradio USSR
Keywords
detectivebased on novel or book