ZDF Enterprises Acquires ’Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Alexander Durie With over 250 screen adaptations featuring Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most famous characters to have graced a screen. But few of those adaptations have come from non-English speaking countries.In the new Russian TV series, “Sherlock: The Russian Chronicles,” which transfers Sherlock Holmes to Saint Petersburg in 1889 to hunt down notorious killer Jack the Ripper, international audiences will now get a chance to discover the revered detective through a completely new lens.ZDF Enterprises has just secured global distribution rights for the original series, produced by the Russian streaming service Start and production company Sreda.