Sherlock Holmes Und Der Fall Karl Marx

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Sherlock Holmes and the Karl Marx case David Zane Mairowitz produced by: WDR; SFB Running time: 58 minutes Genre: Crime; comedy Director: Dieter Carls Composer: Matthias Thurow First broadcast: 12/9/2001 Content:  London in the 19th century: Sherlock Holmes is sitting in his apartment and, inspired by the consumption of opium, thinks about the philosophy of Schopenhauer when a new client pulls him out of his thoughts: Karl Marx is at the door. Marx consults Holmes because his "Scion" was kidnapped - and the Scion is none other than the manuscript "Das Kapital". Sherlock Holmes, hero of this dazzling crime comedy, takes on the case rather half-heartedly, since he is not particularly well versed in political matters - but when finally not only "capital" but also Marx himself has disappeared, Holmes begins, with well-tried insight, feverishly determine. Speaker:  Ulrich Matthes (Sherlock Holmes) Friedhelm Ptok (Karl Marx) Tatjana Clasing (Eleanor Marx) Hans-Peter Hallwachs (Micheal Bakunin) Christian Redl (Dr. Watson) Christian Brückner (Sir Charles Warren) Heinrich Giskes (Sergei Nachanev) Claudia Mischke (Librarian) Assistant director Peter Schilske Technical realization Herbert Kuhlmann; Gabriele Neugroda Sherlock Holmes saves communism London, 19th century: Sherlock Holmes, intoxicated with opium, is meditating on the philosophy of Schopenhauer when there is a knock on the door. A man reports the kidnapping of his "offspring". As it soon turns out, it is not about a person, but about the 700-page manuscript of Karl Marx's Capital. Not particularly interested in political matters, Holmes investigates half-heartedly at first. But when Karl Marx personally disappears, Holmes becomes interested. Soon he came across a dense network of intrigues between Russian communists and the English secret service - and found himself caught between the fronts. With Ulrich Matthes as Sherlock Holmes, Christian Redl as Dr. Watson, Friedhelm Ptok as Karl Marx and many others A Capital Case - Karl Marx Meets Sherlock Holmes is a radio play by David Zane Mairowitz. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on February 16, 2001, as an installment of the Friday Play.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.