- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes
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The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes 
German poster for The Man Who Was Sherlock HolmesDirected by Karl Hartl Produced by Alfred Greven Written by Karl Hartl
Robert Adolf StemmleStarring Hans Albers
Heinz Rühmann
Marieluise Claudius
Hansi Knoteck
Hilde Weissner
Siegfried Schürenberg
Paul BildtMusic by Hans Sommer Cinematography Fritz Arno Wagner Editing by Gertrud Hinz-Nischwitz Release date(s) 1937 Running time 112 min. Country Germany Language German The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (German:Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war) is a German mystery comedy of 1937, directed by Karl Hartl.
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Plot
Hans Albers plays the detective Morris Flynn, and Heinz Rühmann his assistant Macky McMacpherson. They stop a train to Brussels at night, and due to their behaviour and clothes, personnel believe that they are Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This is indeed Flynn's and McMacpherson's intention, but they claim not to be the famous detective and his friend, and they urge them not to tell anybody. They interrogate people in order to make their cover perfect, among them two attractive sisters, Mary and Jane Berry, who travel to accept their uncle's heir.
In Brussels the would-be Holmes and Watson stay at Hotel Palace, and immediately police asks them to solve a case. During the 1910 World Exposition stamps have been stolen and replaced by falsifications. Observed and later attacked by gangsters, Flynn and McMacpherson find out that the two sister's uncle has been the forger and boss of the gang. Their working place is found in the cellary of the uncle's castle the sisters inherited.
Flynn and McMacpherson are put on trial for impersonating the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend. Then a laughing man stands up, who had observed the duo several times, and reveals himself as Arthur Conan Doyle. He explains that Holmes and Watson are fictional characters created by himself. Flynn and McMacpherson get engaged with Mary and Jane Berry.
Reception
Lexikon des Internationalen Films calls it a swinging, lively comedy. Albers and Rühmann have been two longtime major stars of German cinema and are still known for the main song in this movie, Jawohl, meine Herr'n.
Release
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes was released on DVD on 24 March 2009.[1]
Literature
- R. A. Stemmle: Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war. Roman nach dem gleichnamigen Film von R. A. Stemmle und Karl Hartl. Droemer Knaur, München / Zürich 1981, ISBN 3-426-00730-4
- Michael Ross (Hrsg.): Sherlock Holmes in Film und Fernsehen. Ein Handbuch. Baskerville Bücher, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-930932-03-2
References
- ^ "The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes : Overview". Allmovie. http://www.allmovie.com/dvd/man-who-was-sherlock-holmes-211678. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
External links
- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes at AllRovi
- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes at the Internet Movie Database
Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes stories Silent films - Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
- Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
- Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
- A Study in Scarlet (1914)
- Sherlock Holmes (1916)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
- Sherlock Holmes (1922)
- The Sign of Four (1923)
Wontner series - The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
- The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
- The Sign of Four (1932)
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
- Silver Blaze (1937)
Rathbone-Bruce
series- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
- Voice of Terror (1942)
- Secret Weapon (1943)
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
- The Spider Woman (1944)
- The Scarlet Claw (1944)
- The Pearl of Death (1944)
- House of Fear (1945)
- The Woman in Green (1945)
- Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
- Terror by Night (1946)
- Dressed to Kill (1946)
Igor Maslennikov
series- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
- The Treasures of Agra (1983)
- The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
By actor - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
- The Masks of Death (1984)
- Silver Blaze (1977)
- Murder by Decree (1979)
- The Sign of Four (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
- The Sign of Four (2001)
- The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
- The Royal Scandal (2003)
Ian Hart (as Watson)- Sherlock Holmes (2009)
- A Game of Shadows (2011)
Other films - The Speckled Band (1931)
- Sherlock Holmes (1932)
- A Study in Scarlet (1933)
- A Study in Terror (1965)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)
- Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)
- Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002)
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
- Sherlock Holmes (2010)
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
Comedies
and parodies- The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
- They Might Be Giants (1971)
- The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
- The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
- The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
- Without a Clue (1988)
- A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Television series - Sherlock Holmes (1954)
- Sherlock Holmes (1965–1968)
- Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House (1982)
- The Baker Street Boys (1983)
- Sherlock Hound (1984–1985)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984–1994)
- Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)
- Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (2000)
- Sherlock (2010)
Categories:- 1937 films
- Films of the Third Reich
- German-language films
- 1930s comedy films
- Sherlock Holmes films
- Films set in Paris
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