Der Hund von Baskerville

Der Hund von Baskerville
Directed by	Rudolf Meinert
Written by	Richard Oswald
Based on	The Hound of the Baskervilles 1902 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by	Jules Greenbaum
Starring	Alwin Neuß
Cinematography	Werner Brandes Karl Freund
Music by	Joachim Bärenz
Release date	12 June 1914 (1914-06-12)
Running time	Five reels^[1]
Country	Germany
Languages	Silent German intertitles

Der Hund von Baskerville is a 1914 German silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, the first film adaptation of the work.^[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]

In 2019, the film received a wide home media release by Flicker Alley, along with the 1929 version.^[3]

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Plot summary

Cast

Alwin Neuß as Sherlock Holmes
Friedrich Kühne as Stapleton
Hanni Weisse as Laura Lyons
Erwin Fichtner as Henry von Baskerville
Andreas Van Horn as Barrymore - Kammerdiener
Unknown actor as Dr. Watson

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 Weißensee Studios.^[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]^[4]

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.^[4] Neuß played Holmes in the first three sequels, but was replaced in the last two by Erich Kaiser-Titz.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Presumed Lost". silentera.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
^ ^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.
^ "Der Hund von Baskerville". flickeralley.com. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
^ ^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.

External links

Screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes

Theatrical films

Silent

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905)
Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery (1908)
Arsène Lupin contra Sherlock Holmes (1910)
Éclair film series (1912–1913)
Der Hund von Baskerville (1914)
Detektiv Braun (1914)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 British film)
A Study in Scarlet (1914 US film)
The Valley of Fear (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1916)
Sherlock Holmes (1922)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1929)

Stoll series	The Dying Detective (1921) The Devil's Foot (1921) The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921) The Sign of Four (1923)

Wontner series

Rathbone–Bruce
series

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Voice of Terror (1942)
Secret Weapon (1942)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1943)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
The House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)

Downey series

Sherlock Holmes (2009)
A Game of Shadows (2011)

Other films

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
The Limejuice Mystery (1930)
The Speckled Band (1931)
Lelíček ve službách Sherlocka Holmese (1932)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932)
Sherlock Holmes (1932)
A Study in Scarlet (1933)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)
The Grey Lady (1937)
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
Deduce, You Say! (1956)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Deadly Necklace (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
They Might Be Giants (1971)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
Murder by Decree (1979)
The Case of Marcel Duchamp (1984)
Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Without a Clue (1988)
Zero Effect (1998)
A Samba for Sherlock (2001)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)
Mr. Holmes (2015)
The Empire of Corpses (2015)
Sherlock Gnomes (2018)
Holmes & Watson (2018)
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape (2019)

Television/
Streaming/
Direct-to-video

Films

Ian Richardson	The Sign of Four (1983) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
Peter O'Toole (animated)	Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983) Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
Vasily Livanov series	Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981) The Treasures of Agra (1983) The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
Christopher Lee	The Leading Lady (1991) Incident at Victoria Falls (1992)
Matt Frewer	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000) The Sign of Four (2001) The Royal Scandal (2001) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
Ian Hart (as Watson)	The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) The Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)
Other films	The Three Garridebs (1937) The Man Who Disappeared (1951) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972) The Longing of Sherlock Holmes (1972) Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery (1974) The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) Silver Blaze (1977) The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) The Masks of Death (1984) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) Hands of a Murderer (1990) The Crucifer of Blood (1991) 1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) The Hound of London (1993) Sherlock: Case of Evil (2002) Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007) Sherlock Holmes (2010) Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)