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The Spiders
(Die Spinnen)Directed by Fritz Lang Produced by Erich Pommer Written by Fritz Lang Starring Carl de Vogt
Ressel Orla
Georg John
Lil DagoverCinematography Karl Freund Distributed by Decla-Bioscop AG Release date(s) 3 October 1919 (Part I)
2 February 1920 (Part II)Running time 137 min Country Germany Language Silent film
German intertitlesThe Spiders (German: Die Spinnen) is a adventure film directed by Fritz Lang. It was released in two parts in 1919 and 1920.
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Synopsis
In San Francisco, well-known sportsman Kay Hoog announces to a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map drawn by a Harvard professor who has gone missing. The map tells of a lost Incan civilization that possesses an immense treasure. Hoog immediately plans an expedition to find it. But Lio Sha, the head of a criminal organization known as the Spiders, is determined to get the treasure for herself and plans a rival expedition.
Production notes
Fritz Lang was early in his directorial career when he accepted an assignment to direct what was to be a mystery-action serial comprising four feature-length episodes. Lang was forced by this assignment to relinquish the directorial duties of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which was also released by the distributor Decla-Bioscop AG in 1919.[1] Lang completed two episodes before the project was cut short by the films’ producer. Part one was released as The Golden Lake (Die Spinnen, 1. Teil: Der Goldene See) and part two as The Diamond Ship (Die Spinnen, 2. Teil: Das Brillantenschiff).
Restoration
The Spiders was considered a lost film for many years before an original print was discovered in the 1970s. This surviving print was used for a restoration of the film completed in 1978.[2]. The restored version appears to be missing a small amount of the original footage. This version was released on DVD in 1999.
References
- ^ Peary, Danny (1988). Cult Movies 3. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc.. pp. 48–51. ISBN 0-671-64810-1.
- ^ The Spiders at silentera.com
See also
External links
- Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See at the Internet Movie Database
- Die Spinnen, 2. Teil - Das Brillantenschiff at the Internet Movie Database
- The Spiders at Silentera.com
Films directed by Fritz Lang Filmography1919-
1933Halbblut · Der Herr der Liebe · The Spiders, Part 1 · Harakiri · The Spiders, Part 2 · Das wandernde Bild · Vier um die Frau · Destiny · Dr. Mabuse the Gambler · Die Nibelungen: Siegfried · Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache · Metropolis · Spione · Woman in the Moon · M · The Testament of Dr. Mabuse1934-
1956Liliom · Fury · You Only Live Once · You and Me · The Return of Frank James · Western Union · Man Hunt · Moontide · Hangmen Also Die! · Ministry of Fear · The Woman in the Window · Scarlet Street · Cloak and Dagger · Secret Beyond the Door · House by the River · American Guerrilla in the Philippines · Rancho Notorious · Clash by Night · The Blue Gardenia · The Big Heat · Human Desire · Moonfleet · While the City Sleeps · Beyond a Reasonable DoubtLater Cinema of Germany Film chronology · German Empire 1895–1918 · Weimar Germany 1919–1933 · Nazi Germany 1933–1945 · East Germany (1945–1990) ·
(West) Germany 1945–present · 1945-1959 · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s
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- Films directed by Fritz Lang
- 1920s adventure films
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