The Kennington Bioscope is a regular cinema event featuring live accompaniment to silent films that takes place at the Cinema Museum.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Germany 1929). Digital restoration. Directed by Richard Oswald. Starring Carlyle Blackwell, Alexander Murski, Livio Pavanelli. Betty Bird and Alma Taylor.

Richard Oswald’s seven-reel film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, made in Germany (as Der Hund von Baskerville) with an international cast, was the last silent film featuring the character of Sherlock Holmes and was long considered lost apart from an abridged version on the 9.5mm home movie gauge. This edition provided some of the footage absent from the Czech-language 35mm print that was eventually recovered – minus one reel – in Poland during 2009. This is regarded as the most important screen version of the story made in Europe.

Live piano accompaniment. Pianists to be announced.

Silent film with intertitles which may be suitable for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Tickets & Pricing

£7. Seats are limited, so please arrive early or request an invitation using the email kenbioscope@gmail.com.