Der Hund von Baskerville
(Blu-ray / DVD Combo)

"Deluxe DVD edition, Deluxe Blu-ray edition"--Disc labels.

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.

Booklet (32 pages ; illustrations) under title On the trail of the hound, with content notes and an essay essay by film historian Russell Merritt in English inserted in container.

Full screen.

"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: an earlier adaptation of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, the 1914 film Der Hund von Baskerville written Richard Oswald, directed by Rudolf Meinert, produced by Vitascope, starring Alwin Neuss and Friedrich Kühne. (the film restoration has been made available for the first time, courtesy of the Filmmuseum Muenchen (Munich Filmmuseum), accompanied with a music score by Joachim Bärenz) ; 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.

Cinematography, Frederik Fuglsang; music, Guenter Buchwald, Frank Bockius, Sascha Jacobson.

Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli, Betty Bird, Fritz Rasp, George Seroff.

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.

Silent film with English or German intertitles and musical accompaniment; with optional Polish subtitles; the 1914 Hund has German intertitles with English subtitles.

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