Die schwarze Spinne (1983)

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98 min - Horror | Mystery

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This film about a black spider that symbolizes evil works well when focusing on the old 19th century story by Jeremias Gotthelf... See full summary »

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Credited cast:
	Beatrice Kessler
	Walo Lüönd
	Peter Ehrlich
	Walter Hess
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Hans-Joerg Bahl
	René Bill
	Sergio Catellani
	Michael Gempart
	Corinne Hirt
	Peter Holliger
	Benjamin Kradolfer
	Walter Krumm
	Peter Lüchinger
	Rosali Nydegger
	Sigmund Oberli

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This film about a black spider that symbolizes evil works well when focusing on the old 19th century story by Jeremias Gotthelf. A group of drug addicts are doing without because of a crooked dealer and in desperation, they break into a chemical plant to get their hands on what they need, later escaping to temporary shelter in a farmhouse. While one woman trips out, she hallucinates the story of the black spider, set in the Emmental valley of Switzerland in the middle ages. At that time, a beautiful farmer's wife makes a pact with the devil: if he helps the men survive the excessive toil imposed by a tyrannical knight, she will give him a newborn baby. When the time comes to collect the child, the wife has the baby baptised right after birth, and the devil is foiled. In revenge, he sends a black spider into the village to spread pestilence and death. Written by Ørnås

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