The Twentieth Century Approaches

The Twentieth Century Approaches (Russian: Двадцатый век начинается) is a 1986 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes. It is the fifth and final film in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson film series directed by Igor Maslennikov.

The Twentieth Century Begins
Directed byIgor Maslennikov
Produced byLenfilm
Written byA. Conan Doyle (novel)
Igor Maslennikov
Yuri Veksler
StarringVasily Livanov
Vitaly Solomin
Rina Zelyonaya
Borislav Brondukov
Boris Klyuyev
Innokenti Smoktunovsky
Music byVladimir Dashkevich
CinematographyDmitri Dolinin
Vladimir Ilyin
Distributed byLenfilm
Gosteleradio
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
102 minutes (in 2 parts)
CountrySoviet Union
LanguageRussian

The film is based on four stories by Conan Doyle – "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", "The Adventure of the Second Stain", "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", and "His Last Bow".[1]

Cast
  • Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes
  • Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson
  • Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson (uncredited)[2]
  • Borislav Brondukov as Inspector Lestrade (voiced by Igor Yefimov)
  • Boris Klyuyev as Mycroft Holmes
  • Innokenti Smoktunovsky as Prime Minister Lord Thomas Bellinger
  • Aleksandr Romantsov as Sir Trelawney Hope, European Minister
  • Yelena Safonova as Lady Hilda Trelawney-Hope
  • Larisa Guzeyeva as Ma'am Anry Furnie
  • Viktor Koretsky
  • Yevgeni Platokhin
  • Yekaterina Zinchenko as Mrs. Watson
  • O. Aksenov
  • B. Velichko
  • Konstantin Vorobyov
  • Vladimir Kalish
  • Arkadi Koval
  • Mikhail Morozov as Smith
  • Vladimir Tatosov
  • Leonid Kuravlyov as Von Bork (uncredited)
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References
  1. Шерлок Холмс бегал по питерским крышам! Разработан экскурсионный маршрут по местам съёмок телефильма о знаменитом сыщике
  2. Овсянка — ХХ век начинается. Кабачок «У миссис Хадсон».


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