Russian soul for English gentlemen
Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. John H. Watson in "The Treasures of Agra"
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Russian soul for English gentlemen
Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. John H. Watson in "The Treasures of Agra"
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980), S02E03, The Tiger Hunt
Your violin cradled under his chin and the bow held gingerly in his fingertips,
He could not play,
But the strings keened as the instrument kissed his cheek for you.
*proceeds to not mind his own business even once*
Okay but why is the Russian John Watson and Sherlock Holmes SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL!?
"Barrymore, who is that howling on the moor?" "Could be anyone, sir! Everyone has a reason to howl on the moor."
Igor Maslennikov, the director of the soviet Holmes series, of the Queen of Spades, the Winter Cherry, and of numerous small yet memorable films, passed away on 17th September. Good luck on the other side man, and thank you for the work.
I was still rather raw over the deception which had been practised upon me, but the warmth of Holmes’s praise drove anger from my mind.
“That’s better,” said he, seeing the shadow rise from my face.
You’re not a ghost. It really is you.
~Watson Wednesday~
Watson writes his reports ready to send back to Holmes.
“Creepy fucking house.”
Watson discovering Stoke Moran Manor (“Acquaintance”, 1979)
*~The Final Problem Separation and the Empty House Reunion~*
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Again in the utter silence I heard that thin, sibilant note which spoke of intense suppressed excitement. An instant later he pulled me back into the blackest corner of the room, and I felt his warning hand upon my lips. The fingers which clutched me were quivering. Never had I known my friend more moved, and yet the dark street still stretched lonely and motionless before us.