Holmes is dead. Watson inherits a mystery. Soviet TV dared to go THERE.
Dr. Watson executes Sherlock Holmes' will, who faced death after exposing Moriarty and his gang in the previous episode.
Acting
Livanov's Holmes defined the character for generations.
Production
Leningrad TV somehow made Victorian London feel lived-in.
Director
Igor Maslennikov
Vasiliy Livanov
Sherlock Holmes
Vitali Solomin
Dr. Watson
Rina Zelyonaya
Mrs. Hudson
Boryslav Brondukov
Inspector Lestrade
Igor Dmitriev
Inspector Gregson
Viktor Yevgrafov
Professor James Moriarty
Aleksandr Zakharov
Ronald Ader
Aleksey Kozhevnikov
Mr. Murray
Boris Klyuev
Mycroft Holmes
Nikolai Kryukov
Colonel Sebastian Moran
Anatoliy Podshivalov
Marker
Irina Kraslavskaya
Housemaid
Vladimir Markov
lord Belmor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This Soviet adaptation became so beloved in Russia that Livanov received an Order of the British Empire for his Holmes—one of few foreigners so honored.
The 'death' plot was invented for TV; Conan Doyle's Holmes dies later, differently. Maslennikov couldn't bear to lose his star yet.
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