''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' (German: ''Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war'') is a 1937 German mystery

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directed by Karl Hartl and starring

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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and Willy Schiller. It was shot at the

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Plot

Detective Morris Flynn (

) and his assistant Macky McMacpherson (

), masquerading as

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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 were two longtime major stars of German cinema and are still known for the main song in this movie, ''Jawoll, meine Herr'n''.

Release

''The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes'' was released on

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on 24 March 2009.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* 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, * Michael Ross (Hrsg.): ''Sherlock Holmes in Film und Fernsehen. Ein Handbuch''. Baskerville Bücher, Cologne 2003,

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes, The 1937 films Films of Nazi Germany 1930s German-language films Sherlock Holmes films Films set in Paris Films set in 1910 Films directed by Karl Hartl Films about con artists UFA GmbH films German historical comedy films 1930s historical comedy films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios German black-and-white films 1937 comedy films 1930s German films Films produced by Alfred Greven German-language historical comedy films