The Spiders I (The Golden Lake)
Treasures from the National Film Archive 2007 / Die Spinnen I (Der Goldene See) / Germany 1919
A hard-hearted woman sets off with her accomplices, an evil gang known as the Spiders, in search of a diamond in the shape of the Buddha’s head. Her plans, however, are thwarted by the fearless adventurer Kay Hoog. A fragment of silent film which, in a naivist adventure spectacle, introduces the wealth of themes which would find their way into Fritz Lang’s subsequent work.
Synopsis
A hard-hearted, sinister woman named Lio Sha sets off with her accomplices, an evil gang known as the “Spiders”, in search of riches – a diamond in the shape of the Buddha’s head, which is to guarantee its owner world domination. Her plans are thwarted by the honourable and fearless adventurer Kay Hoog, who dares (not with impunity) to scorn her love. This fragment of silent film from 1919 presents a naivist adventure spectacle and introduces the wealth of themes which would find their way into the subsequent films of Fritz Lang, director of the celebrated Metropolis. The first public screening of a print restored by the National Film Archive (NFA) with a live musical accompaniment.
About the film
65 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Fritz Lang
/ Screenplay Fritz Lang
/ Dir. of Photography Karl Freud, Emil Schünemann
/ Producer Erich Pommer
/ Production Decla - Bioscop
/ Cast Lil Dagover, Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John, Rudolf Lettinger, Thea Zander
/ Contact Národní filmový archiv
Contacts
Národní filmový archiv
Závišova 5, 140 00, Praha 4
Czech Republic
E-mail: sales@nfa.cz
Guests
Blažena Urgošíková
Film Institution Rep.
