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The Spiders Part 1- The Golden Lake, Part 2- The Diamond Ship (1919)

starring: Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John, Lil Dagover, Paul Biensfeldt
directed by: Fritz Lang

: The Spiders Part 1- The Golden Lake, Part 2- The Diamond Ship (1919)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0014381467826
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Silent, NTSC
Label: Image Entertainment
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Release Date: August 17, 1999
Running Time: 130 minutes
Sales Rank: 42989
Studio: Image Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: November 08, 1979



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Description:
The Spiders by Fritz Lang is considered by many to be the real beginning of the golden age of the German silent film. An adventure story about an organized band of criminals who scheme to dominate the world, 'The Spiders' was long considered a lost film until its three year reconstruction by film historians David and Kimberly Shepard using original German censorship records and Lang's own instructions for color tinting.

Amazon.com:
Fritz Lang's first major success as a director was with this exotic, globetrotting adventure. It's actually made up of two short silent features that were the first of a proposed quartet of movies about the adventures of high-society adventurer Kay Hoog (Carl de Vogt, whose gaunt, expressionless face resembles a younger William S. Hart) and his arch nemesis, a secret criminal organization known as the Spiders. Part 1 ('The Golden Lake') is a treasure hunt that takes both Kay and Spiders mastermind Lio Sha (Ressel Orla) to Peru, where they battle primitive Incas (who capture Lio for a human sacrifice) and each other for a fortune in hidden gold. Part 2 ('The Diamond Ship') is a longer and far more intricate conspiracy involving a hidden criminal underground beneath the streets of Chinatown, a legendary lost jewel known as the Buddha Head Diamond, and an ambitious plot to rule all of Asia. Full of secret passages, coded messages, treasure maps, double-crosses, and death-defying escapes, Lang's pulpy action-fantasy borrows from the wacky serials of Louis Feuillaude (notably the deliriously entertaining Les Vampires). But behind the wild plots, gorgeous sets, and driving, breakneck-paced direction lies a dark undercurrent of death and doom that transforms his gallant hero into a brooding, vengeful spirit. The prints are seriously scratched and worn in places but always watchable. They have been appropriately tinted, and Gaylord Carter's organ score is upbeat and exciting. --Sean Axmaker



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Not top-notch Lang but still interesting
The earliest known surviving film directed by Fritz Lang, this two-part serial, originally intended ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great Adventure, Poor DVD Package
Apparently there's no decent surviving prints of The Spiders so it would be difficult to determine just ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - More sophisticated that you would think
This is part one and two of the earliest surviving film directed by Frits Lang, part one "The Golden Lake" ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A silent adventure
Kay Hoog finds a message in a bottle floating near San Francisco. The message tells about a hidden Incan city ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - An ancient treasure?
The film: This Indiana Jones-type of movie put Fritz Lang on the map. It features the same mix of exotic locations ... Read More


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