After the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, Sherlock Holmes is called in to solve the mystery..


If you like foggy moors and guys in capes looking very serious, this 1929 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles is probably for you. But if you need fast talking or high-speed chases, you are definitely going to hate this one. It’s a silent film from Germany, which means you have to do a lot of the work yourself whi...

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"If you like foggy moors and guys in capes looking very serious, this 1929 version of The Hound of the Baskervilles is probably for you. But if you need fast talking or high-speed chases, you are definitely going to hate this one. It’s a silent film from Germany, which means you have to do a lot of the work yourself while watching. I watched it last night on a small screen and kept thinking about how much hair grease the lead actor must have used. Carlyle Blackwell plays Sherlock Holmes, and he l..."
Herbert Juttke, Arthur Conan Doyle, Georg C. Klaren
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