The Hound of Baskerville (1937)
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| Original title | The Baskerville Dog |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1937 |
| length | 82 minutes |
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| Director | Carl Lamac |
| script | Carla von Stackelberg |
| production | Carl Lamac for Ondra Lamac Film, Berlin |
| music | Paul Chicken |
| camera | Willy Winterstein |
| cut | Ella Ensink |
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The Baskerville Dog is a German crime film directed by Carl Lamac . The film, premiered in 1937, is the first German sound film based on a Sherlock Holmes crime novel penned by Arthur Conan Doyle ( Der Hund von Baskerville (1902)).
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Baskerville Castle has been a curse for centuries. A creepy dog is up to mischief in the moor near the lordly estate. Night after night its bloodcurdling howl sounds and goes through your marrow and bone. Lord Charles Baskerville is currently the last victim of the ghostly beast: after a mysterious phone call, he left the property and is found dead in the moor. He died of a heart attack from fear. Contrary to expectations, the darkling who is behind this mysterious goings-on has not yet achieved his goal. Because from a sideline of the Baskervilles a descendant, Lord Henry Baskerville, suddenly appears at the castle. He should now take possession.
Also in the castle resides a distant relative of the Barrymores, Lady Beryl Vendeleure, who originally wanted to sell the old lord her land with the associated moor. The newcomer Henry quickly falls in love with her. In order not to let Henry Baskerville also become a victim of the ghost dog, executor Dr. Mortimer, family doctor and friend of old Lord Charles, asked London master detective Sherlock Holmes for help. As a first step, Holmes sends his loyal companion Dr. Watson to Baskerville Castle to keep a close eye on what is going on. Is it behind the events of the closed house servant Barrymore, who returns light signals from the moor at night? Or is it possible that the convict submerged in the moor, Barrymore's brother-in-law, is the mastermind? And what about the bizarre butterfly collector Stapleton, who says he is a nature lover and scientist?
Holmes has long since secretly appeared in the area and is following his own lead. Calls are made at night between Castle Baskerville and an unknown participant, and soon the situation for Henry Baskerville becomes increasingly threatening. But he's busy with his new flame, Beryl, and doesn't take the warnings too seriously. His careless behavior is almost fatal for Henry Baskerville. When cries for help ring out from the moor in the middle of the night, Henry runs there to save the woman in his heart who has recently been kidnapped. There he is finally confronted with the dog and can only escape with difficulty. At the last moment, Holmes and Watson appear and kill the creepy animal with several revolver shells. Stapleton, who is behind the attacks, is pursued by the detectives and flees into the depths of the moor that devours him. Beryl Vendeleure, in truth Stapleton's sister and bound by him, can be freed.
Production notes
The Baskerville dog was filmed from mid-September 1936 in the Ufa studios in Neubabelsberg and at and in Moyland Castle on the Lower Rhine . On December 10, 1936, the film passed the censorship. The premiere took place on January 12, 1937 in two Berlin cinemas.
With Bruno Güttner as Holmes, an actor largely inexperienced in film was hired. After this film he was never in front of the camera again. He was dubbed by Siegfried Schürenberg . Fritz Rasp , who had taken over the role of the Moor villain Stapleton in the silent film version from 1929 , played the castle servant Barrymore in this version. Hanna Waag , who was married to the Jewish film architect Rudolf Bamberger , ended her film career with Der Hund von Baskerville and followed her husband into exile in Luxembourg.
The film constructions come from Willi Depenau and Karl Vollbrecht . Robert Leistenschneider took over the production and manufacturing management .
After the completion of the shooting, the director Lamac, who also produced this film, was forced by the Nazi government to close down his own German production company.
criticism
Vienna's Neue Freie Presse reported in the April 4, 1937 edition: “This film emanates tension and excitement, in other words those elements that one is entitled to expect from a crime film. The director conjures up a real witch's sabbath and the actors are with devotion now the hunter and now the hunted. Delicious in his boyish drama and self-importance Fritz Odemar, while Fritz Rasp suggests all sorts of bad things behind his pinched physiognomy. Friedrich Kayßler has the natural dignity of an old nobleman, Peter Voss a lot of robust freshness, Bruno Güttner solves the most difficult problems with pleasing simplicity and subdued bonhomie. Erich Ponto, as a smiling, unworldly eccentric, brings an achievement of particular quality and Ernst Rotmund is as impenetrable as his role demands. Between the many men and their dark plans, Alice Brandt is the only woman who, through her noble grace and delicate, ladylike appearance, brings some brightness into the gloom. At the same time, she is equally strong in facial expressions and linguistic expression and proves to be an actress of gripping emotional intensity. "
The Wiener Zeitung of April 4, 1937 wrote: “Karl Lamac's directing is not quite up to date. The photography, however, is good. The representation is quite uneven. "
In the edition of April 9, 1937, page 3 of the Österreichische Film-Zeitung reads: “The crime film based on Conan Doyle released by Kiba has the right atmosphere of the mysterious and uncanny right from the start. Especially the ghostly howling of a dog adds to this atmosphere of horror. [...] Directed by Karl Lamac, an ensemble composed of excellent strengths plays the captivating story. "
The lexicon of international films judged: “Horror, real tension, often funny and cheerful, never rough in words and pictures. A dignified pastime. "
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birgit Poppe and Klaus Silla: Op Jück am Niederrhein. Much more than flat land. Meßkirch: Gmeiner 2013. ISBN 978-3-8392-1356-8 . P. 31.
- ↑ "The Hound of Baskerville". In: Neue Freie Presse , April 4, 1937, p. 14 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ "The Hound of Baskerville". In: Wiener Zeitung , April 4, 1937, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ "The Hound of Baskerville". In: Österreichische Film-Zeitung , April 9, 1937, p. 3 (online at ANNO ).
- ↑ Klaus Brüne (Red.): Lexikon des internationale Films, Volume 7, S. 3435. Reinbek near Hamburg 1987.
Web links
- The Hound of the Baskervilles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Baskerville dog at filmportal.de