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