The Baskerville Hound (1959)

Movie
German title	The Baskerville Dog
Original title	The Hound of the Baskervilles
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1959
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Terence Fisher
script	Peter Bryan
production	Anthony Hinds
music	James Bernard
camera	Jack Asher
cut	Alfred Cox
occupation
	Peter Cushing : Sherlock Holmes ; André Morell : Dr. Watson; Christopher Lee : Sir Henry Baskerville; Marla Landi : Cecile Stapleton; David Oxley : Sir Hugo Baskerville; Francis De Wolff : Dr. Richard Mortimer; Miles Malleson : Bishop Frankland; Ewen Solon : Stapleton; John Le Mesurier : Barrymore; Helen Goss : Mrs. Barrymore;
synchronization

The Hound of the Baskerville (Original title: The Hound of the Baskervilles ) is a horror film , produced by Hammer Film Productions , directed by Terence Fisher . The film is the ninth literary adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle 's novel of the same name and stars with Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes , André Morell as Dr. Watson and Christopher Lee cast as Sir Henry Baskerville.

action

After his uncle dies under mysterious circumstances, Sir Henry Baskerville returns to his family home in Dartmoor and is confronted with the supernatural appearance of a dog allegedly seeking revenge on his family. The detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and assistant Dr. Watson are hired to solve the mystery.

Reviews

“Remake of the classic Sherlock Holmes story. An adaptation in the spirit of the Hammer Studio, in which the criminalistic element is covered by a staging aimed at thrills. "

- Lexicon of international film :

“Whoever made the decision to film the 'Dog of Baskerville' in brilliant technicolor in a well-lit studio, [...] has completely ignored the atmosphere that an old mystery story like this one needs. [...] Apart from one or the other hint of the existence of this creature, we see nothing of it until the end. And when we see it briefly, it is a mastiff that looks like neighbor Fifi. "

- Bosley Crowther : The New York Times :

History of origin

The shooting took place at Bray Studios . The exterior of Baskerville Hall is recognizable as Dracula's castle from the film Dracula , which was made the previous year. The field shooting took place on location at Chobham Common and Fransham , both locations in Surrey .

Differences between book and film

There are significant differences between the novel and its adaptation. Some of them are:

The walking stick dialogue is missing.
In the novel, unlike in the film, Sir Henry does not suffer from a minor heart attack .
Nothing happens in the book that has to do with a ritual sacrifice, a tarantula or a mine .
In the printed version, Cecile Stapleton is not the daughter but the wife of Stapleton and is called Beryl there. Besides, she doesn't hate Sir Henry as shown in this film adaptation.
There is no attempt on Sir Henry's life in the hotel.
The painting next to the staircase is not lost in the novel as the reference to it is not as obvious as it is in the film; so there is supposedly no danger to whoever finds out.
Frankland is neither a bishop nor a clergyman in the novel.

synchronization

role	actor	Dubbing voice
Sherlock Holmes	Peter Cushing	Erich Fiedler
Dr. Watson	André Morell	Curt Ackermann
Sir Henry Baskerville	Christopher Lee	Gert Günther Hoffmann
Sir Hugo Baskerville	David Oxley	Gert Günther Hoffmann
Bishop Frankland	Miles Malleson	Siegfried Schürenberg
Jack Stapleton	Ewen Solon	Werner Peters
Lord Caphill	Michael Hawkins	Harry Wüstenhagen

continuation

Despite the rather moderate reviews (see above), Peter Cushing in particular was so convincing as Holmes that the BBC shot a 16-part television series Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes with him as the leading actor in the 1960s . The role of Dr. Watson took over Nigel Stock .

literature

Arthur Conan Doyle : The Hound of the Baskervilles . (Original title: The Hound of the Baskervilles ). Sherlock Holmes: Novels, Volume 3. German by Gisbert Haefs . No and no, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0369-5145-8 .

Web links

The Hound of the Baskervilles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
The Baskerville Dog in the online film database
The Hound of the Baskervilles at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Review of the film on the German-speaking fansite of the Hammer Films

Individual evidence

^ 1. Rudolf Meinert (D, 1914); 2. NN (F, 1914); 3. Richard Oswald (D, 1917); 4. Maurice Elvey (GB, 1921); 5. Richard Oswald (D, 1929); 6. V. Gareth Gundrey (GB, 1931); 7. Carl Lamac (D, 1936); 8. Sidney Lanfield (US, 1939)
↑ The Hound of Baskerville. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
↑ cf. Ronald M. Hahn and Volker Jansen: Lexicon of the horror film. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1989, ISBN 3-404-13175-4 .
↑ The Baskerville dog in the German synchronous index or on synchrondatenbank.de

[1] 1. Rudolf Meinert (D, 1914); 2. NN (F, 1914); 3. Richard Oswald (D, 1917); 4. Maurice Elvey (GB, 1921); 5. Richard Oswald (D, 1929); 6. V. Gareth Gundrey (GB, 1931); 7. Carl Lamac (D, 1936); 8. Sidney Lanfield (US, 1939)

[2] The Hound of Baskerville. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[3] . Ronald M. Hahn and Volker Jansen: Lexicon of the horror film. Bastei-Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1989, ISBN 3-404-13175-4 .

[4] The Baskerville dog in the German synchronous index or on synchrondatenbank.de