Adventure ·Crime · Germany · 1919 · 1h 9m

The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea

Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See

The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea poster
Director
Fritz Lang
Cast
Carl de Vogt as Kay Hoog Ressel Orla as Lio Sha Georg John as Dr. Telphas Lil Dagover as Sun Priestess Naela Rudolf Lettinger as Diamond King John Terry Edgar Pauly as Vierfinger-John
Crew
Karl Freund — Director of Photography Emil Schünemann — Director of Photography Fritz Lang — Writer Erich Pommer — Producer Otto Hunte — Production Design Heinrich Umlauff — Production Design
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.

Mood & Themes
san francisco, californiaspysecret societylost civilisationtreasure maphuman sacrificeincan empirehidden treasuremessage in a bottle
Key Collaborators
Fritz Lang Director Karl Freund Director of Photography Emil Schünemann Director of Photography Fritz Lang Writer Erich Pommer Producer Otto Hunte Production Design Heinrich Umlauff Production Design Hermann Warm Production Design Carl Ludwig Kirmse Production Design
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