A Case of Missing Identity (2019)

The story starts out by showing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in their chambers as Sherlock is playing his violine and Dr. Watson is typing his manifests. At that moment Mrs. Hudson ... See full synopsis »

Director:

Vital Butinar

Writer:

Iza Kokoravec

Stars:

Ratko Stojiljkovic, Alan Mikulan, Tea Rejc

Cast

Cast overview:
Ratko Stojiljkovic	...	Sherlock Holmes
Alan Mikulan	...	Dr. John Watson
Tea Rejc	...	Lady Duncan / Aunt
Nastja Ugrin	...	Mrs. Hudson / Mother
Tilen Marinsek	...	Pretend Sherlock / Child 1
Matic Marinsek	...	Pretend Watson / Child 2
Vital Butinar	...	J. Moriarty
David Glavic	...	Moriarty

Storyline

The story starts out by showing Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson in their chambers as Sherlock is playing his violine and Dr. Watson is typing his manifests. At that moment Mrs. Hudson walks in and brings them their tea and has a short conversation with Dr. Watson and as she is leaving she remembers that there had been a telegram delivered for Mr. Holmes earlier. At the moment when she tries handing of the letter to Dr. Watson Sherlock snatches the letter from her hands. After reading the telegram for a while Dr. Watson asks Sherlock what the message is about and Sherlock tells Watson that Scotland Yard has a case that they need help with and they are they need to leave at once. They arrive at an old mansion and are grated by Lady Duncan the wife of a once very wealthy industrialist Sir Milton Duncan who had gone missing a few days ago. Scotland Yard was unable to find any information on his disappearance or whereabouts so they sent for Mr. Holmes. After talking with Lady Duncan ...

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Genres:

Short | Mystery

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Trivia

The short film was initially conceived as a short promotional video for the conference but eventually grew into a short film that only had a budget covering the actors costumes. The most impressive fact about this shot film besides the virtually non existent budget was that it was put together in only two weeks from idea to pre-production. Some of the actors only had a week or less to learn all their lines and not even in their own native language. A few of the cast don't even speak the language that was used in the film and tirelessly worked with the screenwriter and director to deliver their performance. One of the most impressive feats tackled was that the complete amateur crew of film makers and cast worked for two days back to back to shoot all the necessary footage with only a handful of basic equipment to use on multiple locations moving the production between locations and setting up there like a well oiled machine or a seasoned production crew. Not to mention all the efforts and assistance from the cast who even got their own hands dirty to help the filming crew get the shoots they needed to make the whole endeavor into a 20 minute short film. After all the lights and cameras were switched off the post-production crew worked for another two months assembling the footage and dealing with all the problems that happen during filming. From dealing with changing weather and lighting conditions or dawn light to battling with inevitable mistakes that may happen when capturing sound. In the end when the whole film came together in final assembly as well as it could be a story that began with a simple idea put into a screenplay emerged even better than the producers imagined it in the beginning.

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Slovenia

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 2019 (Slovenia)

Filming Locations:

Mansion Gutenbuchel, Ravne 18a, 3325 Sostanj, Slovenia

Box Office

Budget:

EUR150 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mirror 2 Mirror Production

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1