Der Hund von Baskerville
| Der Hund von Baskerville | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rudolf Meinert |
| Produced by | Josef Greenbaum |
| Written by | Richard Oswald |
| Based on |
novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Starring | Alwin Neuß |
| Music by | Joachim Bärenz |
| Cinematography |
Werner Brandes Karl Freund |
Release dates |
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Running time | Five reels[1] |
| Country | Germany |
| Language |
Silent German intertitles |
Der Hund von Baskerville is a 1914 German silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. This was the first film adaptation of the famed Conan Doyle novel.[2] According to the website silentera.com, the film was considered lost, but has been rediscovered; the Russian Gosfilmofond film archive possesses a print, while the Filmmuseum München has a 35mm positive print.[1]
History
In 1907, Richard Oswald mounted a version of The Hound of the Baskervilles in Praterstraße based on Der Hund von Baskerville: Schauspiel in vier Aufzügen aus dem Schottischen Hochland. Frei nach Motiven aus Poes und Doyles Novellen[2] (The Hound of the Baskervilles: a play in four acts set in the Scottish Highlands. Freely adapted from the stories of Poe and Doyle) which was written by Ferdinand Bonn.[2]
By 1914, Oswald was working as a script supervisor at Union-Vitascope studios in the Berlin-Weißensee.[2] Films based on mystery novels were very successful in German cinema at the time[2] so Oswald found himself in the position to pen a film script based on The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Production
Richard Oswald penned the tale which blended Doyle's original story and Der Hund von Baskerville[2] and Rudolf Meinert was tasked with the direction.[2][3]
Alwin Neuß was cast to portray Sherlock Holmes in Der Hund von Baskerville. Neuß had previously played the role in 1910's Das Milliontestament.[2]
Der Hund von Baskerville was so successful, it spawned five more films: Das einsame Haus, Das unheimliche Zimmer, Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville, Dr. MacDonalds Sanatorium, and Das Haus ohne Fenster.[3] Neuß played Holmes in the first three sequels, but was replaced in the last two by Erich Kaiser-Titz.[4]
Cast
- Alwin Neuß as Sherlock Holmes
- Friedrich Kühne as Stapleton
- Hanni Weisse as Laura Lyons
- Erwin Fichter as Henry von Baskerville
- Andreas von Horn as Barrymore
References
- 1 2 "Presumed Lost". silentera.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
- 1 2 Matthew E. Bunson (1997). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana. Macmillan. p. 130. ISBN 0-02-861679-0.
- ↑ Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 74–75. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.