title: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film)
text: The Hound of the Baskervilles () is a 1981 Soviet television film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles. It was the third instalment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
  
  Production
  
  The film features 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. The hound uses the simple but effective device of painting a skull on the dog's face.
  
  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
   Yevgeny Steblov as Dr. Mortimer
  
  References
  
  External links
  
  A page dedicated to the series
  
  Films based on The Hound of the Baskervilles
  1981 films
  1980s Russian-language films
  Lenfilm films
  Soviet television miniseries
  Films directed by Igor Maslennikov
  1980s Soviet television series
  Films shot in Estonia
  Soviet crime films
  Russian crime films
  1980s television miniseries