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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1937)

The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
Original title
Der Hund von Baskerville
Directed by
Karel Lamač
Genre
horror film, crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 22m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Sherlock Holmes investigates a family curse involving a supernatural hound on the English moors. Strange sightings and a death lead Holmes into a web of deception and danger.

mysteriousatmosphericsuspensefuldarktensegothicclassic

What happens

The Hound of the Baskervilles (German: Der Hund von Baskerville) is a 1937 German mystery film directed by Carl Lamac and starring Peter Voss, Fritz Odemar and Fritz Rasp. It is an adaptation of the 1902 Sherlock Holmes story The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam and on location at the neo-Gothic Moyland Castle. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Wilhelm Depenau and Karl Vollbrecht. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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