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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Hund von Baskerville (Motion picture : 1929)
Main Author: Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 (Author)
Corporate Authors: Erda-Film GmbH (film production company.), Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny (Poland), San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Other Authors: Blackwell, Carlyle, 1888-1955 (Actor), Murski, Alexander, 1869-1943 (Actor), Pavanelli, Livio (Actor), Bird, Betty, 1901-1998 (Actor), Rasp, Fritz, 1891-1976 (Actor), Seroff, George, 1894-1929 (Actor), Juttke, Herbert, 1897-1952 (Screenwriter), Klaren, Georg C. (Screenwriter), Byrne, Robert (Film conservator) (Producer, Commentator, restorationist (expression),), Wysocka, Elżbieta (Conservator) (Commentator, restorationist (expression),), Merritt, Russell (Commentator), Miranker, Glen Seth (Commentator)
Format: Conference Proceeding Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent film with English or German intertitles and musical accompaniment; with optional Polish subtitles.
Published: [Los Angeles, California] : Flicker Alley, [2019]
Edition:Deluxe DVD edition.
Subjects:
Holmes, Sherlock > Drama.
Private investigators > England > Drama.
Blessing and cursing > Drama.
Dartmoor (England) > Drama.
Dogs > Drama.
Doyle, Arthur Conan, > 1859-1930 > Film adaptations.
Detective and mystery films.
Crime films.
Horror films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Description
Summary:Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1902.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1929; restored by Filmoteka Narodowa -- Instytut Audiowizualny and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in 2018.
"Richard Oswald's Der Hund von Baskerville, the last silent film starring Sherlock Holmes, with its long pedigree extending back to a German stage play written while Germany was at war with England, has been regarded as the most important of the 'Hound' made in Europe. It was ... produced when German studios were the envy of the world. Seen here in two versions, one with English titles and one entirely in German with titles based on the original German censor records, Hund lives again accompanied by a new ensemble score from the incomparable Guenter Buchwald. The project to restore and preserve Der Hund von Baskerville is a collaboration between Filmoteka Narodowa and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival, overseen by film preservationist Rob Byrne. This rediscovery comes from an original 35mm Czech distribution print in near-mint condition and materials, unseen until now from a private collection"--Blu-ray.com.
Bonus materials include: Arthur Conan Doyle and The hound of the Baskervilles (12 min. ; 2018), a short documentary by Jim Granato (with Glen Miranker and Russell Meritt discussing history and significance of Der Hund) ; Restoring Richards Oswald's Der Hund von Baskerville (14 min. : 2018) directed by Jim Granato, in which Robert Byrne, Elżbieta Wysocka, and Russell Meritt discuss the challenges of restoring Der Hund.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (66 min.) : silent, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, all regions; aspect ratio: 1.33:1; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0.
Production Credits:Cinematography, Frederik Fuglsang; music, Guenter Buchwald, Frank Bockius, Sascha Jacobson.