The Black Spider (1921 film)

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The Black Spider
German Die schwarze Spinne
Directed by Siegfried Philippi
Written bySiegfried Philippi
Based on The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf
Starring
Cinematography Heinrich Gärtner
Production
company
Turma Film
Release date
  • 8 August 1921 (1921-8-8)
CountryGermany
LanguagesSilent
German intertitles

The Black Spider (German : Die schwarze Spinne) [1] is a 1921 German silent horror film directed by Siegfried Philippi [2] and starring Olga Engl, Hugo Flink, and Charles Willy Kayser. It is based on the novella The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf. It premiered in Berlin on 8 August 1921. [3]

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References

  1. Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly (2000). The Cambridge History of German Literature. Cambridge University Press. p. 304. ISBN   978-0-521-78573-0.
  2. International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Germany (from the beginnings to 1945). Saur. 1984. ISBN   978-3-598-21434-9.
  3. Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. p. 96. ISBN   978-0810859678. LCCN   2008008116.