The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона) was made by Soviet television and directed by Igor Maslennikov. It starred Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson in lenght features cut into multiple episodes.
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More details: here.
Episode list:
1979 - Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
1981 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles.
1983 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra.
1986 - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches.
Global opinion:
If you like the Canon, you'll probably enjoy this adaptation. It's quite classic but nicely handled, and the actors have a kind of warmth to them. This Sherlock is a bit more into action and disguises than others, and Watson is not an admiring idiot of his but a real companion (in a non sexual kind of way, you perv'). You might notice the lack of budget in city sceneries, but that'll give you a glimpse to some russian city; why whine then?
Bonus: russian is a wonderful language, real music to the ears! As for the actual soundtrack, it was writen by Vladimir Dashkevich (thanks for buddy2blogger for having me notice).
Nice post about the Russian adaptation of Sherlock Holmes.
ReplyDeleteVasily Livanov is my all time favorite Holmes :)
You have mentioned almost all the reasons I like about this series. If I may add, the music by Vladimir Dashkevich is a real classic and adds immensely to the atmosphere.
Cheers!