| Der Hund von Baskerville | |
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| Directed by | Rudolf Meinert |
| Produced by | Josef Greenbaum |
| Written by | Arthur Conan Doyle (novel) Richard Oswald |
| Starring | Alwin Neuß |
| Music by | Joachim Bärenz |
| Cinematography | Werner Brandes Karl Freund |
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| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent German intertitles |
Der Hund von Baskerville is a 1914 German silent film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. This was the first film adaptation of the famed Conan Doyle novel.[1]
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History [edit]
In 1907, Richard Oswald mounted a version of The Hound of the Baskervilles in Praterstraße based on Der Hund von Baskerville: Schauspiel in vier Aufzugen aus dem Schottischen Hochland. Frei nach motiven aus Poes und Doyles Novellen[1] (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.[1]
By 1914, Oswald was working as a script supervisor at Union-Vitascope studios in the Berlin-Weißensee.[1] Films based on mystery novels were very successful in German cinema at the time[1] so Oswald found himself in the position to pen a film script based on The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Production [edit]
Richard Oswald penned the tale which blended Doyle's original story and Der Hund von Baskerville[1] and Rudolf Meinert was tasked with the direction.[1][2]
Alwin Neuß was cast to portray Sherlock Holmes in Der Hund von Baskerville. Neuß had previously played the role in 1910's Milliontestamentet.[1]
Der Hund von Baskerville was so successful it spawned five more; Das Einsame Haus, Das Unheimliche Zimmer, Die Sage vom Hund von Baskerville, Dr. MacDonald's Sanatorium, and Das Haus Ohne Fenster.[2] Neuß played Holmes in the first three sequels but was replaced in the last two by Erich-Kaiser-Titz.[3]
Cast [edit]
- 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 [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. p. 75. ISBN 1-903111-04-8.
- ^ a b 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.
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