In the Moscow Slums

In the Moscow Slums (2023)

Хитровка. Знак четырёх

Moscow, 1902. The famous director Konstantin Stanislavsky, in search of inspiration for staging a new play, decides to get acquainted with the life of the city "bottom". He turns to Vladimir Gilyarovsky, a recognized expert on the Moscow slums, for help.

Date of release
2023-05-18
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (12)
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
Mystery, Adventure
Director
Karen Shakhnazarov

Casting

Interesting facts

Khitrovka. The Sign of Four is a 2023 Russian mystery film directed by Karen Shakhnazarov about the theatrical bohemians of the early 20th century and the inhabitants of the Khitrovka slums. It stars Konstantin Kryukov, Mikhail Porechenkov and Alexander Oleshko. The film is based on the works of Vladimir Gilyarovsky and Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Sign of Four.

Production

Karen Shakhnazarov's film is a free adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of the Four (1890). Holmes and related characters are omitted from the film, and the setting is changed from Victorian London to early 1900s Russia.

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