The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film)
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| The Hound of the Baskervilles | |
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| Directed by | Igor Maslennikov |
| Produced by | Lenfilm |
| Written by | A. Conan Doyle (novel) Igor Maslennikov Yuri Veksler |
| Starring | Vasily Livanov Vitaly Solomin Borislav Brondukov |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
| Cinematography | Dmitri Dolinin Vladimir Ilyin |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Running time | 147 min. |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| IMDb profile | |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Russian: Приключения Шерлока Холмса и доктора Ватсона: Собака Баскервилей, English: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles) is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name. It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. A potent streak of humour ran through the film as concerns references to traditional British customs and stereotypes, ensuring the film's popularity with several generations of Russophone viewers. Other features of this best entry in the series include excellent exterior shots which closely match the novel's setting in the Dartmoor marshland, as well as an all-star cast: in addition to the famous Livanov - Solomin duo as Holmes and Watson, the film stars an internationally acclaimed actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville and the Russian movie legend Oleg Yankovsky as the villain Stapleton.
[edit] Cast
- Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes
- Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson
- Rina Zelyonaya as Mrs. Hudson
- Borislav Brondukov as Inspector Lestrade
- Irina Kupchenko as Beryl Stapleton
- Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville
- Alla Demidova as Laura Lyons
- Sergey Martinson as Mr. Frankland
- Oleg Yankovsky as Stapleton
- Aleksandr Adabashyan as Barrymore
- Svetlana Kryuchkova as Mrs. Barrymore
- Evgeny Steblov as Dr. Mortimer
[edit] Miscellania
In a brilliant comedic departure from the source, the character of Sir Henry has a profound disdain for oatmeal, a fact which becomes a subject of several heated arguments with the butler Barrymore throughout the film. In addition, Barrymore is portrayed as a loud talker, which causes him to be constantly admonished by the nervous and jittery Sir Henry, - "...there are no deaf people in this house, Barrymore".
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