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The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes And Dr. Watson
''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона) is a series of Soviet television films portraying Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional English detective, starting in 1979. They were directed by Igor Maslennikov. Overview Between 1979 and 1986, Soviet television produced a series of five films at the Lenfilm movie studio, split into eleven episodes, starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. Later, a cinematic adaptation was made based on the 1986 episodes. This film was called ''The Twentieth Century Approaches''. Episodes The series ran as follows: * 1979 ''Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson'' ** 1st episode: "Acquaintance" (based on "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"). ** 2nd episode: "Bloody Inscription" (based on ''A Study in Scarlet''). * 1980 ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (film), The Adventures of Sherloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov (russian: link=no, Василий Борисович Ливанов; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock Holmes in the Soviet TV series. He was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1988. Early years Vasily Livanov was born into a famous theatrical family. His paternal grandfather Nikolai Aleksandrovich Livanov (1874–1949) was a Volga Cossack from Simbirsk who moved to Moscow in 1905 and performed at the Struysky Theatre under a pseudonym of Izvolsky; after the revolution he worked at the Mossovet and Lenkom Theatres. Vasily's father Boris Livanov (1904–1972) was also a prominent actor and stage director who served at the Moscow Art Theatre all his life, while his mother Eugenia Kazimirovna Livanova (née Prawdzic-Filipowicz) (1907–1978) was an artist who belonged to Polish szlachta.''Vasily Livanov (2013)''. Echo of One Dash. A Path ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in '' The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set in 1889 largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of Holmes and Watson investigating the case of the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in "The Final Problem", and the success of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' led to the character's eventual revival. One of the most famous stories ever written, in 2003, the book was listed as number 128 of 200 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel". In 1999, a poll of "Sherlockians" ranked it as the best of the four Holmes novels. Plot In London, Dr James Mortimer asks for the aid of Sherlock Holmes. He recounts the legend of a curse that has run ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Of Denmark's March
The ''Prince of Denmark's March'' ( da, Prins Prince George of Denmark, Jørgens March), commonly called the ''Trumpet Voluntary'', was written around 1700 by the English composer Jeremiah Clarke, the first organist of the then newly-rebuilt St Paul's Cathedral. Composition For many years the piece was attributed incorrectly to Clarke's elder and more widely known contemporary Henry Purcell. The misattribution emanated from an arrangement for organ published in the 1870s by William Spark (the town organist of Leeds, England). It was later arranged for several different ensembles by Henry Wood (conductor), Sir Henry Wood. The oldest source is ''A Choice Collection of Ayres'', a collection of keyboard pieces published in 1700. A contemporary version for wind instruments also survives. According to some sources, the march was written in honour of Prince George of Denmark, husband of Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Queen Anne of Great Britain. Clarke also composed "King William's Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Russian Service
BBC News Russian (russian: BBC News Ру́сская слу́жба) – formerly BBC Russian Service (russian: Ру́сская слу́жба Би-би-си́) – is part of the BBC World Service's foreign language output, one of nearly 40 languages it provides. History The BBC's first Russian-language broadcast was a translation of a speech by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on 23 June 1941. The first programme of the Russian section of the BBC was hosted by Sonya (Betty) Horsfall on 24 March 1946. However, during World War II there were sporadic broadcasts to the Soviet Union in Russian only. Most of these broadcasts were after 1942. These were mainly short news bulletins or announcements relating to UK Foreign Office policy in Russian from 1943 onwards but often weeks or months apart. In the Cold War-era broadcasts were severely jammed. Despite this, it tried to bring to listeners in Soviet Union information they were deprived of, including works of writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1981 Film)
''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Собака Баскервилей) is a 1981 Soviet television film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''. It was the third instalment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Production The film features 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 Jack Stapleton. The hound uses the simple but effective device of painting a skull on the dog's face. Cast * Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes * Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson * Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson * Borislav Brondukov as Inspector Lestrade * Irina Kupchenko as Beryl Stapleton * Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
His Last Bow (short Story)
"His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in ''The Strand Magazine'' and collected as the last of an anthology of eight stories titled ''His Last Bow, His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes'' the following month. The narration is in the Third-person narrative, third person, instead of the First-person narrative, first person narration usually provided by the character of Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a detective mystery. Due to its portrayal of British and German spies on the eve of war, its publication during the World War I, First World War and its patriotic themes, the story has been interpreted as a propaganda tool intended to boost morale for British readers. Synopsis On the eve of the First World War, the German agent Von Bork is getting ready to le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventure Of The Bruce-Partington Plans
"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as ''His Last Bow'' (1917), and is the second and final main appearance of Mycroft Holmes. It was originally published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom and in ''Collier's'' in the United States in 1908. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" fourteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. Plot summary The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes' brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans. Seven of the ten missing papers were found with Arthur Cadogan West's body, but the three "most essential" papers are still missing. West was a young clerk in a government office at Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, whose body was found next to the Underground tracks near the Aldgate tube station, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventure Of The Second Stain
"The Adventure of the Second Stain", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as ''The Return of Sherlock Holmes'' (1905) and the only unrecorded case mentioned passively by Watson to be written. It was first published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in the United Kingdom in December 1904, and was also published in ''Collier's'' in the United States on 28 January 1905. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Second Stain" eighth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories. Synopsis Lord Bellinger, the Prime Minister, and the Right Honourable Trelawney Hope, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, come to Holmes in the matter of a document stolen from Hope's dispatch box, which he kept at home in Whitehall Terrace when not at work. If divulged, this document could bring about very dire consequences for all of Europe, even war. They are loath to tell Holmes at first the exact nature of the documen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventure Of The Engineer's Thumb
"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes''. The story was first published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in March 1892. Within the narrative of the story, Dr. Watson notes that this is one of only two cases which he personally brought to the attention of Sherlock Holmes. Synopsis The story, set in the summer of 1889, mainly consists of a young London consultant hydraulic engineer, Mr. Victor Hatherley, recounting strange happenings of the night before, first to Dr. Watson. Hatherley had been visited in his office by a man who identified himself as Colonel Lysander Stark. He offered Hatherley a commission at a country house, in Eyford, Berkshire to examine a hydraulic press used, as Stark explains, to compress fuller's earth into bricks. Stark warned Hatherley to keep the job confidential, offering him 50 guineas (£, ). H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twentieth Century Approaches
''The Twentieth Century Approaches'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, 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 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". Cast * Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes * Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson * Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson (uncredited) * 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 as V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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