''The Twentieth Century Approaches'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, Двадцатый век начинается) is a 1986 Soviet film adaptation of

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

's stories about

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

. It is the fifth and final film in ''

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 ficti ...

'' film series directed by

Igor Maslennikov Igor Fyodorovich Maslennikov (russian: Игорь Фёдорович Масленников; 26 October 1931 – 17 September 2022)

. 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 ''His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes'' is a 1917 collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, " His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Hol ...

Cast

* Vasily Livanov as

Vitaly Solomin Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (russian: link=no, Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 194127 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, best remembered for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock ...

Dr. Watson John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel ''A Study in Scarlet'' (1887). The last work by Doyle fe ...

Rina Zelyonaya Ekaterina Vasilyevna Zelyonaya (russian: link=no, Екатерина Васильевна Зелёная); ( — 1 April 1991, Moscow), better known by her stage name Rina Zelyonaya, was a Soviet actress, singer and comedian. She was named Peopl ...

Mrs. Hudson Mrs. Hudson is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. She is the landlady of 221B Baker Street, the London residence in which Sherlock Holmes lives. Mrs. Hudson appears or is mentioned in man ...

(uncredited)Овсянка — ХХ век начинается. Кабачок «У миссис Хадсон».
/ref> * Borislav Brondukov as Inspector Lestrade (voiced by Igor Yefimov) *

Boris Klyuyev Boris Vladimirovich Klyuyev (russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Клю́ев; 13 July 1944 — 1 September 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor and theatre teacher. He served as one of the lead actors of the Maly Theatre from 1969 t ...

as Mycroft Holmes *

Innokenti Smoktunovsky Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky (russian: Иннокентий Михайлович Смоктуновский; born ''Smoktunovich'', 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named a People's Artist ...

as Prime Minister Lord Thomas Bellinger * Aleksandr Romantsov as Sir

Trelawney Hope "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 pa ...

, European Minister * Yelena Safonova as Lady Hilda Trelawney-Hope *

Larisa Guzeyeva Larisa Andreyevna Guzeyeva (russian: Лари́са Андре́евна Гузе́ева; born 23 May 1959) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress and television host. She is a Meritorious Artist of Russia and honored artist of the Russi ...

as Ma'am Anry Furnie * Viktor Koretsky as Victor Hederly, Hydraulic Engineer * Yevgeni Platokhin as Eduardo Lukas * Yekaterina Zinchenko as Mrs. Watson * Konstantin Vorobyov as Inspector Pitkin *

Maris Liepa Maris may refer to: Personal names *Māris (name), a Latvian masculine given name, including a list of people with the name *Maris (given name), including a list of people and mythical or fictional characters * Maris (surname), including a list of ...

as Colonel Valentine Walter * Mikhail Morozov as Smith * Vladimir Tatosov as Baron von Herling * Leonid Kuravlyov as Von Bork (uncredited)

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* 1986 films 1980s Russian-language films Sherlock Holmes films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle Lenfilm films Soviet television miniseries Films directed by Igor Maslennikov 1980s crime films 1980s Soviet television series Soviet crime films Russian crime drama films Russian mystery films 1980s television miniseries Soviet crime television series 1980s Soviet films {{1980s-crime-film-stub