Der Hund von Baskerville

Der Hund von Baskerville
Directed byRudolf Meinert
Written byRichard Oswald
Based onThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1902 novel
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced byJules Greenbaum
StarringAlwin Neuß
CinematographyWerner Brandes
Karl Freund
Music byJoachim Bärenz
Release date
  • 12 June 1914 (1914-06-12)
Running time
Five reels[1]
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

Der Hund von Baskerville is a 1914 German silent film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, the first film adaptation of the work.[2] According to the website silentera.com, the film was considered lost, but has been rediscovered; the Russian Gosfilmofond film archive possesses a print, while the Filmmuseum München has a 35mm positive print.[1]

In 2019, the film received a wide home media release by Flicker Alley, along with the 1929 version.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Presumed Lost". silentera.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference screen1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Der Hund von Baskerville". flickeralley.com. Retrieved May 1, 2023.