Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV series)
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| Genre | Crime drama |
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| Country of origin | Russia |
| Original language | Russian |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Running time | 50 minutes |
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Sherlock Holmes («Шерлок Холмс») is a Russian Television series[1] based on the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, whose première is not expected until late 2012. The series will consist of two series with eight episodes each. Some of the stories presented will be ones that have never before been filmed in popular media.
Production
The idea for a new Russian TV series about Sherlock Holmes was first announced in 2009, shortly before the release of Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes". But the choosing of the director and actors has been much delayed, and the première has therefore been put off for 3 years. The official production of the series only begun in 2011.
Andrey Kavun, who is known for his work on the film "Kandahar", was appointed director[2] [3]. Igor Petrenko was chosen for the role of Sherlock, and Andrey Pannin was cast as Dr. Watson. For the role of Inspector Lestrade, Mikhail Boyarsky was chosen.
Influenced by Guy Ritchie's film, the role of the heroine, Irene Adler, was also expanded on during the show so that her love affair with Sherlock Holmes and is one of the series' main storylines. She will be played by actress Lyanka Gryu. Kavun has also said he plans to only use the motives of the original stories, and will recreate the stories almost from scratch. The series will be provided, that the description of crimes on the part of Watson's has a lot of embellishments, and later he will try to adjust reality to his fantasies. For example, Holmes' famous pipe will be replaced by cigarettes, and in one of a episodes, Watson will try to make Holmes light his pipe so that fiction has become true[4].
Unlike most adaptations of Sherlock Holmes, the Sherlock in this adaptation is younger than Dr. Watson by 15 years[5].
Cast
- Igor Petrenko as Sherlock Holmes
- Andrei Panin as Dr. Watson
- Lyanka Gryu as Irene Adler
- Mikhail Boyarsky as Inspector Lestrade
- Alexander Golubov as Red Fitzgerald
- Elizaveta Boyarskaya
- Leonid Yarmolnik as Scottish aristocrat
- Andrei Merzlikin
- Igor Sklyar
- Darya Jurgens
- Danila Shevchenko as Arthur Cadogan West
- Rina Grishina as Violet Westberry
See Also
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson - Soviet TV Series
References
- ^ Sherlock Holmes filming in Saint Petersburg, RIA Novosti report (including pictures)
- ^ Andrei Kavun is directing his own version of Sherlock Holmes, Information from Kavun's personal website (in Russian)
- ^ Andrei Kavun hopes to direct the new Russian TV series about Sherlock, An interview with Kavun (in Russian)
- ^ Russian Sherlock is smoking cigarettes and loves beautiful women, Russian Report
- ^ Russian Sherlock Holmes younger than Dr. Watson ... - Russian
External Links
- "Sherlock Holmes" in Central Partnership
- Russian "Sherlock Holmes" in Kino Teatr site.
- Sherlock Holmes is filming in Saint Petersburg