The Twentieth Century Approaches

The Twentieth Century Approaches
Russian	Двадцатый век начинается
Based on	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by A. Conan Doyle
Written by	Igor Maslennikov Yuri Veksler
Directed by	Igor Maslennikov
Starring	Vasily Livanov Vitaly Solomin Rina Zelyonaya Borislav Brondukov Boris Klyuyev Innokenti Smoktunovsky
Music by	Vladimir Dashkevich
Country of origin	Soviet Union
Original language	Russian
Production
Producer	Lenfilm
Cinematography	Dmitri Dolinin Vladimir Ilyin
Editor	Lyudmila Obrazumova
Running time	102 minutes (in 2 parts)
Original release
Release	1986 (1986)

The Twentieth Century Approaches (Russian: 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 Victor Hederly, Hydraulic Engineer
• Yevgeni Platokhin as Eduardo Lukas
• Yekaterina Zinchenko as Mrs. Watson
• Konstantin Vorobyov as Inspector Pitkin
• Maris Liepa as Colonel Valentine Walter
• Mikhail Morozov as Smith
• Vladimir Tatosov as Baron von Herling
• Leonid Kuravlyov as Von Bork (uncredited)

External links

• The Twentieth Century Approaches at IMDb