The sign 4
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German title | The sign 4 |
Original title | The Sign of Four |
Country of production | United Kingdom |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1987 |
length | 103 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 years |
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Director | Peter Hammond |
script | John Hawkesworth |
production |
June Wyndham-Davies , Michael Cox |
music | Patrick Gowers |
camera | Ray Goode |
cut | Anthony Ham |
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The character 4 is one of the five television films that were produced as part of the television series Sherlock Holmes with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes.
It is a film adaptation of the novel The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , which was directed by Peter Hammond. John Hawkesworth wrote the script. Jeremy Brett , Edward Hardwicke and Jenny Seagrove played the leading roles .
It is the first of five feature films in the TV series. A year later followed a film adaptation of The Hound of Baskerville .
action
See the article on the novel The Sign of Four for details.
Miss Mary Morstan seeks advice from Sherlock Holmes. For years she has received valuable, white pearls from an anonymous sender. Now she is asked to meet in a letter. Holmes and Dr. Watson will accompany them there. The host, Thaddeus Sholto, tells her that a great injustice has been done to her and that she is entitled to a treasure that was found yesterday. Unfortunately, Sholto's brother Bartholomew opposes this. When he is found murdered, Holmes senses an interesting and complex case.
Differences to the novel
The film sticks to the novel Conan Doyle quite strictly. It was only removed that Watson fell in love with Miss Morstan and they even ended up getting engaged.
The names of Jonathan Small's allies in India are different from those in the original.
Emergence
Granada Television produced this film as a contribution to the 100th birthday of Sherlock Holmes. In 1887 the first novel A Study in Scarlet Red was published and for the occasion Peter Hammond directed a sumptuous version of the novel The Sign of the Four , which was to be more elaborate and expensive than any other film in the series. It was the only one that was shot with film cameras that are not used for TV productions but for feature films. Jeremy Brett called this film his personal favorite of the series.
DVD
The film was released on DVD by Polyband in 2004, which also applies to the four other feature films in the series.
Web links
- The number 4 in the Internet Movie Database (English)