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Director
  
Karl Hartl

Country
  
Germany

7.2/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Language
  
German

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Release date
  
1937

Writer
  
Robert A. Stemmle (screenplay), Karl Hartl (screenplay)

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

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Detective Morris Flynn (Hans Albers) and his assistant Macky McMacpherson (Heinz Rühmann), masquereading as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, investigate two attractive sisters, Mary and Jane Berry, and the theft and forgery of valuable postage stamps.

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.

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 Wikipedia
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    The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes IMDb The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes themoviedb.org


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