The Hound of the Baskervilles 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 the villain Stapleton.
Writing | Arthur Conan Doyle | Novel |
Writing | Igor Maslennikov | Screenplay |
Directing | Igor Maslennikov | Director |
Directing | Arkadiy Tigay | Co-Director |
Sound | Vladimir Dashkevich | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Vladimir Ilyin | Director of Photography |
Directing | Galina Zaigraeva | Assistant Director |
Sound | Emin Khachaturyan | Conductor |
Writing | Yuri Veksler | Screenplay |
Sound | Asya Zvereva | Sound Designer |
Camera | Dmitriy Dolinin | Director of Photography |
Production | Valeri Smolyakov | Producer |
Editing | Lyudmila Obrazumova | Editor |
Costume & Make-Up | Nelli Lev | Costume Designer |
Camera | Alik Nasyrov | Camera Operator |
Writing | N. Chirskov | Script Editor |
Production | Grigori Prusovsky | Production Manager |
Art | Rimma Shtil | Decorator |
Art | Bella Manevich-Kaplan | Production Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Lyudmila Yeliseyeva | Makeup Designer |
Costume & Make-Up | Liliya Zavyalova | Makeup Artist |
Production | Evgeniya Dikhnova | Producer |
Costume & Make-Up | Anzhela Sapunova | Assistant Costume Designer |
Art | N. Usanova | Property Master |
Lighting | E. Stepanov | Lighting Technician |
Costume & Make-Up | Nelli Svechina | Costumer |
Crew | L. Umanskaya | Editorial Staff |
Production | Irina Perelanina | Producer |
Directing | B. Beysekova | Assistant Director |
Directing | N. Yagman | Assistant Director |
Directing | N. Yashpan | Assistant Director |
Visual Effects | Viktor Okovityy | Visual Effects Designer |
Visual Effects | V. Volchansky | Visual Effects Camera |
Camera | Mikhail Kulikov | Assistant Camera |
Camera | Vladimir Trilis | Assistant Camera |