
Dr. Watson executes Sherlock Holmes' will, who faced death after exposing Moriarty and his gang in the previous episode.


This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In this version the entire plot of the story Bruce-Partington Drawings was deleted.

Vasiliy Livanov
Sherlock Holmes

Vitali Solomin
Dr. Watson

Rina Zelyonaya
Mrs. Hudson

Boryslav Brondukov
Inspector Lestrade

Boris Klyuev
Mycroft Holmes

Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
Lord Bellinger - Prime Minister

Aleksandr Romantsov
Sir Trelawney Hope

Elena Safonova
Lady Hilda Trelawney Hope

Larisa Guzeeva
Madame Henri Fournaye

Igor Efimov
Ferguson
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century is a mystery, crime, adventure, tv movie film released in 1987 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Igor Maslennikov, it stars Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya. This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In this version the entire plot of the story Bruce-Partington Drawings was deleted.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. A potent streak of humour ran through the film as concerns references to traditional British customs and stereotypes, ensuring the film's popularity with several generations of Russophone viewers. Other features of this best entry in the series include excellent exterior shots which closely match the novel's setting in the Dartmoor marshland, as well as an all-star cast: in addition to the famous Livanov -Solomin duo as Holmes and Watson, the film stars the internationally acclaimed actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville and the Russian movie legend Oleg Yankovsky as the villain Stapleton.

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