The Twentieth Century Approaches
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| Russian | Двадцатый век начинается |
| Directed by | Igor Maslennikov |
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| Produced by | Lenfilm |
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| Edited by | Lyudmila Obrazumova |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
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Running time | 102 minutes (in 2 parts) |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
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".[1]
Cast
- Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes
- Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson
- Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson (uncredited)[2]
- 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)
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