[nephihaha]

Brett's Sherlock Holmes is definitely the definitive one in my book.

There is a Soviet version of Sherlock Holmes which is surprisingly good starring Vasily Livanov. The locations sometimes don't quite look like England etc, but I really enjoyed it.

[ahartmetz]

Wow, a Soviet Sherlock Holmes. That's endearingly bizarre.

[nephihaha]

I have put up a thread about Soviet Sherlock Holmes with a link to the subtitles episodes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377242

[nephihaha]

Not completely. The Soviet Union did adapt a lot of classic literature alongside the more obvious Communist propaganda you'd expect. I think they used the old town of Riga in Latvia to film the London scenes. I have heard that the Russians still show these films every Christmas.

There are subtitled versions available online. Here is a short clip (with Sarabande over it)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Flnlb5ITNQ

I am a great fan of Brett's version, which I think is the best ever made. But I think the Soviet version is fantastic, considering it was made behind the Iron Curtain. There have, of course, been some awful Sherlock Holmes films but that's another matter.

[qingcharles]

I was researching some Doctor Who stuff recently and it seems to be very popular on vk. I didn't not expect the time lord to have a Russian following.