Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles, The (Priklyucheniya Sherloka Holmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskerviley)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles DVD Cover Country USSR Directed by Igor Maslennikov Release Date 1981 Language Russian Studio Lenfilm Distributor Central Television Main Cast Character Actor Sherlock Holmes Vasily Livanov Dr. Watson Vitaly Solomin Mrs. Hudson Rina Zelyonaya Sir Henry Baskerville Nikita Mikhalkov Stapleton Oleg Yankovskiy Beryl Stapleton Irina Kupchenko Dr. Mortimer Evgeniy Steblov Inspector Lestrade Boryslav Brondukov Barrymore Aleksandr Adabashyan Mrs. Barrymore Svetlana Kryuchkova

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Priklyucheniya Sherloka Holmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskerviley) is a Soviet 1981 (filmed 1980) mini-series, the third part of 1979-1987 TV series Priklyucheniya Sherloka Holmsa i doktora Vatsona, a screen adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles, directed by Igor Maslennikov and starring Vasily Livanov as Sherlock Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Dr. Watson. It contains two feature-length episodes.

The following weapons were used in the film The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Priklyucheniya Sherloka Holmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskerviley):

Revolvers

British Constabulary revolver

A Belgian copy of Webley RIC revolver known as "British Constabulary" is used by Dr. Watson (Vitaly Solomin) and Inspector Lestrade (Boryslav Brondukov).

Belgian "British Constabulary" revolver, c.1894 - .380. While most "British Constabulary" revolvers has round barrels, this one has faceted barrel, like the screen gun.

Watson holds a Constabulary revolver in the scene on the moors.

A good view of Watson's Constabulary revolver.

Another view of Dr. Watson's revolver in the same scene.

Watson holds his revolver during the scene with the hound.

Inspector Lestrade fires his Constabulary revolver at the hound. In the following scenes Lestrade carries a Reichsrevolver M1879.

Watson holds his revolver in the scene in Stapleton's house.

Watson fires at Stapleton.

Webley .455 Mk VI

A Webley .455 Mk VI revolver is used by Sherlock Holmes (Vasily Livanov). This revolver doesn't fit for 1880s-90s when the story takes place; apparently Mk VI stands in for the earlier Webley top-break models.

Webley Mk. VI - .455 Webley.

Holmes fires at the hound.

Holmes holds the revolver in the scene in Stapleton's house.

Holmes' Webley and Lestrade's Reichsrevolver M1879 are seen.

Another view of the scene.

Sherlock Holmes readies his Webley Mk VI.

Holmes fires at Stapleton.

Another view of Holmes' revolver.

Reichsrevolver M1879

Reichsrevolver M1879 is the main weapon of Inspector Lestrade (Boryslav Brondukov). It is also seen in hands of Dr. Watson for a short time. This wiped to nearly white revolver appears to be the same prop, used in numerous Lenfilm productions.

Reichsrevolver M1879 Revolver - 10,6x25R.

Holmes' Webley .455 Mk VI and Lestrade's Reichsrevolver M1879 are seen in the scene in Stapleton's house.

Another view of the scene.

Lestrade fires at Stapleton.

Galand revolver

In the final scene Stapleton (Oleg Yankovsky) is armed with Galand revolver. This is most likely Russian contract Galand in 12x14mmR calibre which was put into service in Russian Navy in 1869 as "4 1/2-line Galyan revolver" and served until 1881.

Galand M1868 - 12mm (or a lesser-known 7mm or 9mm).

Rast-Gasser M1898

Sir Henry Baskerville (Nikita Mikhalkov) holds a revolver that appears to be a Rast-Gasser M1898 when he rides through the moors.

Austrian Rast Gasser 1898 - 8 x 27mm Gasser.

Sir Henry Baskerville rides through the moors and shoots in air.

Warnant Revolver

Another Sir Henry's revolver is seen only partially but what is seen allows to guess that it can be a Warnant revolver.

For comparison: Warnant Russian Model - .44 Russian

The revolver in holster. Only a grip can be seen, and it looks very similar to the one of Warnant.

The revolver is distantly seen on the table.

Rifles

Long Lee-Enfield

In one scene in "The Hound of the Baskervilles" a police constable on the railway station holds a rifle. The charger bridge and the typical protruding magazine allow to guess that it can be some version of Long Lee-Enfield, which may or may not be fitting for that days Britain, depending on what time the action should take place (apart from the late conversion for clip loading).

For comparision: Lee-Enfield Mk I* CLLE (Charger Loading Lee Enfield) - .303 British

A constable with a rifle is seen at the background.