Archive of films Spiders II (The Diamond Ship) / Die Spinnen II (Das Brillantenschiff)
Germany
1920, 90 min
Section:
Treasures from the National Film Archive
Year: 2007
Having eliminated her rival, the criminal Lio Sha spins a web of intrigue together with her other “Spiders”, in a plot to abduct the daughter of John Terry, the “King of the Diamonds”. Kay Hoog, on the trail of a unique diamond, discovers that it is located on the Falkland Islands, and so he sets out to find it – with the “Spiders” on his heels...
Synopsis
Fritz Lang embarked upon the second part of The Spiders knowing that there was not enough money to make the originally planned four-part series, thus he had to compress the plot of his novel of the same name and come up with a denouement at the end of the second film. Having eliminated her rival, the criminal Lio Sha spins a web of intrigue together with her other “Spiders”, in order to abduct the daughter of John Terry, the “King of the Diamonds”. Adventurer Kay Hoog, on the trail of a unique diamond, discovers that it is located on the Falkland Islands, and so he sets out to find it – with the “Spiders” on his heels... Unlike the first part, the sequel, The Diamond Ship, has survived almost intact.
About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Treasures from the National Film Archive |
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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 |
Guests
Blažena Urgošíková
Film Institution Rep.