The Baskerville Hound (1983)

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Movie
German title The Baskerville Dog
Original title The Hound of the Baskervilles
Country of production UK , USA
original language English
Publishing year 1983
length 96 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Douglas Hickox
script Charles Edward Pogue
production Otto Plaschkes
music Michael J. Lewis
camera Ronnie Taylor
cut Malcolm Cooke
occupation
synchronization

Hound of the Baskervilles (The Hound of the Baskervilles) is a British - American television film directed by Douglas Hickox from 1983, which on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based. He was cast with Ian Richardson , Donald Churchill , Martin Shaw and Denholm Elliott in the lead roles.

action

See main article The Hound of Baskerville

Deviations from the novel

Despite numerous changes, the main plot of the film remained practically unchanged. Subplots have been expanded, which is particularly true of Laura Lyons' part. Ironically, this role was ignored in many other film adaptations and cut from the storyline.

  • Geoffrey Lyons is mentioned in the novel only incidentally, without being named, and does not appear further. In the film, however, he becomes another threat and wrong track for Holmes. Instead, the character of Mr. Frankland, Laura Lyon's father, is missing in the film.
  • Laura Lyons does not have an affair with Sir Charles Baskerville in the novel. He just wanted to help her to divorce her husband (who never appears in the novel).
  • Laura Lyons is not murdered by Stapleton in the novel.
  • In the novel, Inspector Lestrade does not investigate the moor to find the convict Selden; in the film he does not appear in the finale for this.
  • Sir Henry was not met by a bogus letter from Dr. Mortimers lured to the moor, and he's not there when Holmes and Watson find Selden's body.
  • Dr. Mortimer is not present in the novel when Sir Henry is attacked by the dog.
  • Beryl Stapleton only has a few scenes in the film. Stapleton explains her sudden disappearance by saying that she is visiting an aunt. In the novel, he doesn't lock her up until the last evening.
  • In the novel it is not Mrs. Barrymore, but Mr. Barrymore who gives Selden the signals in the moor with the candle.
  • Holmes appears in the film (but not in the novel) disguised as a gypsy on the moor and even speaks to Watson, Sir Henry or Beryl Stapleton in this disguise. This element was taken from the 1939 film adaptation with Basil Rathbone , which can be recognized as a film model.
  • Watson does not start in the novel Selden. On the contrary, he even states that it is not in his nature to shoot an unarmed and fleeing man in the back.
  • There is no firearm attack on Sir Henry in the novel.
  • In one scene Lyons bends a poker to convince Holmes of his physical strength. Then Holmes bends it back. This scene is from the short story The Spotted Band .
  • In the climactic final scene, Stapleton tries to ambush Holmes, Watson and Beryl while the dog is hiding, but is then forced to flee into the moor. There he accidentally steps into a swamp hole and, despite Holmes' rescue attempts and in front of the eyes of his adversaries, finds his end there.

Stapleton's last word in the film is not, as appears from cut versions: "Beryl!", But: "Mr. Holmes!".

synchronization

The German dubbing was created in 1986 on behalf of ZDF at Deutsche Synchron KG Karlheinz Brunnemann, Berlin .

role actor Voice actor
Sherlock Holmes Ian Richardson Harry Wüstenhagen
Dr. Watson Donald Churchill Wolfgang Völz
Sir Henry Baskerville Martin Shaw Uwe Paulsen
Dr. Mortimer Denholm Elliott Friedrich Georg Beckhaus
Beryl Stapleton Glynis Barber Katja Nottke
Jack Stapleton Nicholas Clay Ulrich Gressieker
Inspector Lestrade Ronald Lacey Engelbert von Nordhausen
Barrymore Edward Judd Peter Matic
Laura Lyons Connie Booth Heike Schrötter
Geoffry Lyons Brian Blessed Jürgen Kluckert
Sir Hugo Baskerville Nicholas Clay Karl Schulz
Girl in the moor Francesca Gonshaw Maud Ackermann

Awards

The film was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award in the Best Film category, even though it is not actually a fantasy film.

Broadcasting and reviews

The film premiered on November 3rd on US television. Critics and audiences alike received it very positively and it is considered a classic among Sherlock Holmes films.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The dog of Baskerville TV film (1983) in the German dubbing index ; Retrieved September 16, 2010
  2. ↑ Thomas Bräutigam : Stars and their German voices. Lexicon of voice actors . Schüren, Marburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89472-627-0 , CD-ROM