#lenfilms

[imfoive]

hi!! can i be added to your taglist?

Hi lovely! Is there a specific series you wanted to be added to? Or just general tag list?

[jinhyun]

really loved watercolor, it was the ome thing id look forward to most of the days when it was ongoing. beautifully created and i think its one of the best things ive read on here. the portrayal of the all the characters was so well done that i sometimes felt that i was a part of their group.

i thought that daises was the last part of the series until i came across epilogue 2 today, felt very excited to read it!!

thank you for creating such an amazing story, it was truly an amazing experience reading it. wishing you well and loads of happiness!!

thank you so much for loving it 🥺🩷 also you can't just say that you think it's one of the best things you've read here and not expect me to cry 😭😭

thank you so so much for reading it and for sending me this, i hope you're having a lovely week<3

[nirinnnnn]

i just imagined that holmes & watson r walking in a garden so this pic was done. finally finish it.

[jazzandpizazz]

soviet holmes my beloved!!!

[wittymumbledon]

listening to the lenfilm sherlock soundtrack while working on something completely different made me remember...just how much this particular version of sherlock and watson feel like an old, married couple

and so I just HAD TO draw them slowdancing all sweet and domestic-feeling

[milquetoast27]

oh man I love this show

[wolfteethfawnspots]

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original video by LENFILM, published 1959. - x

[rwpohl]

zamok, aleksey balabanov 1994

[khokhlofucker]

Film Studio LenFilm-sample of the scene from the film "The Head of Professor Dowel."

[browndresswithwhitedots]

lenfilm

[jinhyun]

hii! ive been following you since i came across a watercolour post, i thought it was just one-shot but i saw the mlist and i was HOOKED to say the least, it had me catching up on it in like 2 days and it was always exciting to see the new parts! it is honestly such a good and well written smau, i enjoyed every part of it! thank you writing it!

thank you so much!! it means a lot to me that you liked it 🥰

[nirinnnnn]

MERRY CHRISTMAS

[jazzandpizazz]

Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes!!

[beekeeperspicnic]

*WHEEZE*

So a while ago I talked about the game The Rose Tattoo and how it's definitely my favourite Sherlock Holmes point and click game, in terms of the quality of story-craft, the writing, the scope, it's a masterpiece.

I found out about a different point and click game

Sherlock Holmes: The Return Of Moriarty

A Russian game clearly visually inspired by the beloved Lenfilm series, often touted by Holmes fans as one of the best adaptations ever: faithful yet inventive. The game developers even managed to get iconic fan favourite actors Vasily Livanov and Vitaly Solomin to reprise their roles, many people's definitive Holmes and Watson.

Surely then, surely this game really must really capture the spirit of the Sherlock Holmes canon?

Please enjoy this gif of Holmes and Watson making Zombie Moriarty explode with the power of love, music and guns.

[jabbage]

The 1979 Comedy Musical Soviet Adaptation of The Blue Carbuncle, no seriously.

Nobody is going to see this through the tags because this account is shadowbanned, but I don't care because I have to share an important discovery. I'll have to rely on reblogs to Share the News/

While browsing an obscure website full of Soviet-era media looking for episodes of the famous, beloved Lenfilms adaptation of Sherlock Holmes staring Vasily Livanov, one of the most beloved iterations of the character ever commited to film, I came across...

The 1979 Comedy Musical Soviet Adaptation of The Blue Carbuncle.

Just bask in that sentence a moment. It's a comedy. It's a musical. It's very, very much a product of the Soviet Union.

So, what's it like?

Further detailed information under the cut.

Well, for starters i'd like you to look at this poster and decide which of these characters is Sherlock Holmes.

It's probably that guy in the centre with the spotty cravat, right? Wrong, it's this guy, waaaaay down at the bottom:

His Watson is looming over him. I think this must be because a lot of the musical actually focuses on the hijinks of the villains of piece.

You know how Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective is objectively the best version of Moriarty?

This man. He is effectively Human Ratigan.

He keeps a cameo of Holmes in his pocket at all times. He takes it out sometimes to stare at it.

What about Holmes, then? I actually really enjoy him. He's the kind of Holmes I think Rowan Atkinson would probably play, blending together moments of severe biting wit with boggle-eyed bafoonery.

It's a comedy so you can imagine that his Watson is the butt of plenty of jokes, but I actually really liked that they emphasise often that he's a famous and competent writer.

Also keep an eye out for the subtle underlying thematic elements which suggest that the middle class English characters are idiots, blind to the inequality in their unjust capitalist society. ... it's not very subtle.

If you don't have time to sit and watch an entire musical, then this is the best bit, ie. the bit where Holmes and Watson break out into a surreal musical number:

If you DO have time to watch it... enjoy :D

[lifenconcepts]

Excuse me sir may I ask about your past life in the USSR? I find that very interesting

YES ABSOLUTELY! I’m currently figuring all the specifics out but I’ve always had a deep pull towards it without any proper reasoning, I.e. going mad (in a good way) whenever I see things referencing it, craving the life there, and watching/listening/reading media from that time with such a high pleasure that never materialises anywhere. For specifics, I’ll say what comes to mind first: Mosfilms/lenfilms group on YouTube and their soviet films, soviet cartoons, soviet music clips that are available on YouTube (love Альянс), soviet music in general, soviet history (I’ll have you know I was sickened to death in school by how much I despised and hated history, and wouldn’t you know - of all the countries, I actively sought out books in libraries and Wikipedia articles on its past! Not really the political stuff more so the culture), loving food products that were popular at the time (like plombir. But not all. Tbf I despise Халва), and also being the number one fan of listening to my parents talk about their childhoods (which my friends say they find strange for some reason? What do you mean you don’t feel excited and overjoyed to know about their time??! It’s actually so lovely, even the ‘boring’ stories. Stuff as simple as the shopping experience or tradition of visiting one another was so different and to be fair I absolutely adore it. I ADORE COMMUNITY! But yeah)..

Ah, I’m unsure if you found that interesting but I just had to give you the evidence to back up my claim of at having a past life in the USSR, most of all just being overjoyed and resonating when seeing media or items from the past. One time I blindly just saw a soviet symbol and went “yeah I’m buying that” (for my ushanka, one from faux fur the other from raccoon which can’t really hold that star thing aah forgot what it’s called) but nowadays I’m able to withhold myself from just blindly throwing money at anything that says it was made in the Soviet Union. I’m actually surprised that it happens since usually I’m very strict with not purchasing anything that I don’t really need. Ah. RIGHT! Why haven’t I gotten to the actual past life yet? Well because I have very little concrete knowledge on the sort of life I led, but can vaguely remember how I looked like, acted, and felt. Brown hair, that classic haircut most guys (especially my dad) had in the Soviet Union, wearing cool jackets like something akin to a black leather jacket or aviator one, had a good stride, wasn’t afraid to just carry myself through the streets, could crack up a convo with most strangers I’d say and was a free guy. I know I liked to go on walks, sometimes I have this distinct feeling of being in Russia whenever I go to the wilderness at night as especially snowy conditions (despite never being in the country yet, it’s on my bucket list), I know I had some busted up car I was utterly proud of (unsure of the branding but it’s shape is similar to the 1970s Ford car), also I am convinced my main centre of interest is in the 70s/80s, that’s the period of music which I feel most connected to and have truly cried over despite hearing some of them for the first time. Again, more so speculation but I believe that I had a walkman or vinyl record player, went to concerts, went to pubs, and just maybe been drafted for war? Have a strange lingering love for the soviet army for no real reason. Also have cried to the soviet anthem as a child. Take what you will from that I have no clue how it affected me that much. I rarely cry from music. But also have always wanted to be a cosmonaut in the Soviet Union (also since 5/6/7 years old) AND I STILL WANT TO BE but like.. the damn country fell apart :,( sad. ALSO deep fascination with soviet folklore of leshii, Baba Yaga, Кащей бессмертный, Водиной, and domovoy - and you’ll say I’m making something up but I have seen that one before and it was crazy. Peaceful encounter but my brain collapsed on itself and all the beliefs I had prior.

Could more or less point to certain soviet things or guys and say if I knew it back then or if it’s just something I like in this life. There’s a concrete distinction in my heart/soul.