The Black Spider
GermanDie schwarze Spinne
Directed bySiegfried Philippi
Written bySiegfried Philippi
Based onThe Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf
Starring
CinematographyHeinrich Gärtner
Production
company
Turma Film
Release date
  • 8 August 1921 (1921-08-08)
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]

Cast

In alphabetical order

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.


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