The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film)
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| Directed by | Igor Maslennikov |
| Screenplay by | Igor Maslennikov Yuri Veksler |
| Produced by | Lenfilm |
| Starring | Vasily Livanov Vitaly Solomin Rina Zelyonaya Borislav Brondukov Irina Kupchenko Nikita Mikhalkov |
| Cinematography | Dmitri Dolinin Vladimir Ilyin |
| Music by | Vladimir Dashkevich |
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Running time | 147 minutes |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Template:Lang-ru, Template:Lang-en) is a 1981 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. 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 the internationally acclaimed actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville and the Russian movie legend Oleg Yankovsky as Jack Stapleton.[1]
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
- Evgeniy Steblov as Dr. Mortimer