The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)

Original title

Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war

Directed by

Eduard von Borsody, Karl Hartl

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

12

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two private detectives pretend to be Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. They look into a case involving stolen rare stamps and two sisters.

lightheartedplayfulcomicmysteriousenergeticwhimsicalsuspensefulcheerful

What happens

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (German: Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war) is a 1937 German mystery comedy film directed by Karl Hartl and starring Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann and Marieluise Claudius. The film follows Detective Morris Flynn (Hans Albers) and his assistant Macky McPherson (Heinz Rühmann), masquerading as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, who investigate two attractive sisters, Mary and Jane Berry, and the theft and forgery of valuable postage stamps. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Otto Hunte and Willy Schiller. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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