''Der Hund von Baskerville'' is a
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
German
silent film
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adaptation of
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...
's 1902 novel ''
The Hound of the Baskervilles
''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set i ...
'', the first film adaptation of the work.
According to the website silentera.com, the film was considered
lost
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, but has been rediscovered; the Russian Gosfilmofond film archive possesses a print, while the Filmmuseum München has a 35mm positive print.
Plot summary
Cast
*
Alwin Neuß
Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuß (17 June 1879 – 30 October 1935) was a German film director and actor, noted for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films during the 1910s. He also played the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde in the 1910 Danish ...
as Sherlock Holmes
*
Friedrich Kühne
Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* ''The Iron Cross'' (1914)
* ''Detektiv Br ...
as Stapleton
*
Hanni Weisse
Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942.
Biograph ...
as Laura Lyons
*
Erwin Fichtner Erwin may refer to:
People Given name
* Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist
* Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2
* Erwin Hauer (1926–2017), Austrian-born American sculptor
* Egon Erwin Kis ...
as Henry von Baskerville
*
Andreas Van Horn
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The name ...
as Barrymore - Kammerdiener
History
In 1907,
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald.
Early career
Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began h ...
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''
(''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.
By 1914, Oswald was working as a script supervisor at ''Union-Vitascope'' studios in the
Weißensee Studios.
Films based on mystery novels were very successful in German cinema at the time
so Oswald found himself in the position to pen a film script based on ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''.
Production
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald (5 November 1880 – 11 September 1963) was an Austrian film director, producer, screenwriter, and father of German-American film director Gerd Oswald.
Early career
Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began h ...
penned the tale which blended Doyle's original story and ''Der Hund von Baskerville''
and Rudolf Meinert was tasked with the direction.
Alwin Neuß was cast to portray Sherlock Holmes in ''Der Hund von Baskerville''. Neuß had previously played the role in 1910's ''Das Milliontestament''.
''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''.
Neuß played Holmes in the first three sequels, but was replaced in the last two by
Erich Kaiser-Titz
Heinrich Felix Erich Kaiser-Titz (7 October 1875 – 22 November 1928) was a German stage and film actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Tales of Hoffmann'' (1916)
* '' His Coquettish Wife'' (1916)
* ''The Knitting Needles'' (1916)
* '' The Night Talk ...
.
Cast
*
Alwin Neuß
Carl Alwin Heinrich Neuß (17 June 1879 – 30 October 1935) was a German film director and actor, noted for playing Sherlock Holmes in a series of silent films during the 1910s. He also played the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde in the 1910 Danish ...
as
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
*
Friedrich Kühne
Friedrich Kühne (24 April 1870 – 13 October 1959), born Franz Michna, was a German film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1913 and 1957.
Selected filmography
* ''The Iron Cross'' (1914)
* ''Detektiv Br ...
as Stapleton
*
Hanni Weisse
Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942.
Biograph ...
as Laura Lyons
*
Erwin Fichter Erwin may refer to:
People Given name
* Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist
* Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2
* Erwin Hauer (1926–2017), Austrian-born American sculptor
* Egon Erwin ...
as Henry von Baskerville
*
Andreas von Horn
Andreas ( el, Ἀνδρέας) is a name usually given to males in Austria, Greece, Cyprus, Denmark, Armenia, Estonia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Flanders, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Romania, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. The ...
as Barrymore
* Unknown as
Dr. Watson
John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel ''A Study in Scarlet'' (1887). The last work by Doyle f ...
See also
*
List of rediscovered films
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For a fil ...
References
External links
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''Der Hund von Baskerville''
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Films based on The Hound of the Baskervilles
Films of the German Empire
German silent feature films
Films directed by Rudolf Meinert
1910s rediscovered films
German black-and-white films
Sherlock Holmes films
German mystery films
1910s mystery films
Rediscovered German films
Silent mystery films
Silent thriller films
Films shot at Weissensee Studios
1910s German films