The Hound of the Baskervilles
MovieTitle | Der Hund von Baskerville |
User score | 4 |
Release date | Jun 12, 1914 |
Genre | Mystery, Crime |
Director | Rudolf Meinert |
Production country | Germany |
Production companies | Vitascope GmbH |
Run time | 65 min. |
In this early version the classic "Hound of the Baskervilles" mystery is not faithfully adapted, Watson's character is absent and there are two Holmes. Holmes' foe is called Stapleton and he menaces Holmes' client Lord Henry and his fiancée, Laura Lyons, masquerading himself as Holmes. Hidden passages, hand bombs and mechanical devices abound, reminding more of a serial than of a Conan Doyle story.