| | Spiders Part 1, The: The Golden Lake DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
This 138 minute silent film is a DVD in black & white/colo r tinted. An adventure story about an organized band of cri minals who scheme to dominate the world, The Spiders was lo ng considered a lost film until its three-year reconstructi on by film historians David and Kimberly Shepard using orig inal German censorship. Legendary directors Lang's (METROPOLIS, M) earliest surviving feature is an INDIANA JONES prototype and concerns the plot of a secret organization to steal the gold of the dying Inka race. Kay Hoog, an intrepid adventurer and yachtsman, finds a note in a bottle from a Harvard anthropologist asking for help. Hoog soon figures out who is after the Inka's gold and is going toe to toe with the nefarious and sexy Lio Sha in no time. This film was Lang's first popular success and boasts the pre CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI set design of Hermann Warm. Marrying war time climate of fear and subterfuge with the period fascination with exotic plots and locations, Fritz Lang took the favored genre of cliffhanger serials and crafted a complex tale of international intrigue and mystical espionage. A dazzling serial adventure complete with Inca treasure, human-sacrifice, wild chases and close calls, this early work inspired the "Indiana Jones" films sixty years later. Kay Hoog the Indiana Jones-like wealthy playboy adventurer jets off to Mexico after finding a treasure map inside a bottle and is closely followed by secret crime underground, The Spiders, led by beautiful and seductive Lio Sha. From hot air balloon escapes, to sub-aquatic lakes of gold, Lang utilized all of his visual and narrative skills to create a compelling series of adventures. As the first part climaxes, the genre shifts dramatically to a western and sees the protagonist on horseback desperately trying to flee Mexico with the sun priestess. An early glimpse into Lang's themes of secret societies and the intersection between crime, morality and mysticism, Part I of THE SPIDERS, is a seminal example of early film and a precursor of Lang's seminal crime films of the 30's through the sixties. SPIDERS was filmed in Berlin in 1919.
SPIDERS was released in Germany in February 1920.
Fritz Lang had originally been assigned to direct THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGAR but could not because he was busy making SPIDERS.
There were two projected sequals to THE SPIDERS only the THE DIAMOND SHIP was filmed, even though Lang had already written the scripts for both. Spiders Part 1, The: The Golden Lake Reviews: "...Quite charming..."
-- Vincent Canby, New York Times Spiders Part 1, The: The Golden Lake | List Price | $29.99 (You save $4.60) | | Studio | Image Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1919 | | All Time Sales Rank |  24552  | | CD Universe Part number | 1281048 | | Catalog number | 4678 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 17, 1999 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Spiders; DIE SPINNEN PART I: DER GOLDENE SEE | | Running Time | 137 Minutes | | Additional Info | Silent | | Movie Details | B&W and Tinted; Mono Sound; Silent |
Spiders Part 1, The: The Golden Lake Movie Review Spiders Part 1, The: The Golden Lake DVD 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.
Source: Image Entertainment, Inc.
Region 0
Full Frame -
1.33
Audio:
(unspecified) - Natural sound/Music
Title Card - English
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