The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers

1980 1h 3m RU

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7.6

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★7.6TMDB · 67

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Synopsis

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Mycroft Holmes hands Sherlock Holmes the case of the Master Blackmailer.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Vasiliy Livanov
Sherlock Holmes
Vitali Solomin
Dr. Watson
Rina Zelyonaya
Mrs. Hudson
Boryslav Brondukov
Inspector Lestrade
Boris Klyuev
Mycroft Holmes
Boris Ryzhukhin
Charles Augustus Milverton
Valentina Panina
Lady Huxley
Anatoliy Podshivalov
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Igor Maslennikov
Writers: Vladimir Valutskiy
Languages: Russian
Countries: Soviet Union

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RUNTIME

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Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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46 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Sherlock Holmes (Vasiliy Livanov) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Igor Maslennikov, shot by Yuriy Veksler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Vladimir Dashkevich. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Vasiliy Livanov and Vitali Solomin and Rina Zelyonaya carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0459944 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Igor Maslennikov directs. Yuriy Veksler behind the camera. Vladimir Dashkevich scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Soviet Union. Dialogue in Russian.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
246 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Sherlock Holmes (Vasiliy Livanov) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Igor Maslennikov, shot by Yuriy Veksler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Vladimir Dashkevich. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Vasiliy Livanov and Vitali Solomin and Rina Zelyonaya carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0459944 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 67 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yuriy Veksler
Original score: Vladimir Dashkevich
Production design: Mark Kaplan
Makeup / hair: Lyudmila Eliseeva
Sound: Asya Zvereva
Runtime: 63 min · 1h 3m
Status: Released
Original language: RU
IMDB: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: King of Blackmailers (1980)