The Twentieth Century Approaches

The Twentieth Century Begins
Russian Двадцатый век начинается
Directed by Igor Maslennikov
Written by
Produced by Lenfilm
Starring
Cinematography
  • Dmitri Dolinin
  • Vladimir Ilyin
Edited by Lyudmila Obrazumova
Music by Vladimir Dashkevich
Distributed by
Release date
  • 1986
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".

Cast