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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

1980 · 1 season

A stately, theatrical detective drama that savours dialogue and atmosphere over speed, feeling like a filmed stage play with a wry, warm heart.

Overview
The first part of the Soviet series of television films based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes, filmed in 1979. The film consists of two parts and was filmed based on the story "The Speckled Band" (1st part "The Acquaintance") and the novella "A Study in Scarlet" (beginning of the 1st part and the 2nd part "Bloody Inscription").

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • mystery
  • friendship
  • deception
  • death
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror3
Humour4
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
action & adventure, mystery, crime
Written by
Yuli Dunsky, Valeri Frid
Starring
Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya, Mariya Solomina, Gennadiy Bogachyov, Fyodor Odinokov, Boryslav Brondukov, Igor Dmitriev
Music
Vladimir Dashkevich
Cinematography
Yuriy Veksler
Length
1 seasons, 2 episodes
Network
Central Television USSR
Country
Soviet Union
Languages
Russian

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