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Spider's Web

Original title: Das Spinnennetz
  • 19891989
  • 3h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
225
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POPULARITY
121,330
38,584
Spider's Web (1989)
Drama
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shamel... Read allUlrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
225
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
121,330
38,584
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    • Director
      • Bernhard Wicki
    • Writers
      • Wolfgang Kirchner
      • Joseph Roth(novel)
      • Bernhard Wicki
    • Stars
      • Ulrich Mühe
      • Klaus Maria Brandauer
      • Armin Mueller-Stahl
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    • Director
      • Bernhard Wicki
    • Writers
      • Wolfgang Kirchner
      • Joseph Roth(novel)
      • Bernhard Wicki
    • Stars
      • Ulrich Mühe
      • Klaus Maria Brandauer
      • Armin Mueller-Stahl
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    • 3User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 3 nominations

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    Klaus Maria Brandauer and Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
    Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
    Klaus Maria Brandauer, Elisabeth Endriss, and Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
    Agnes Fink in Spider's Web (1989)
    Klaus Maria Brandauer and Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
    Klaus Maria Brandauer in Spider's Web (1989)
    Klaus Maria Brandauer and Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
    Klaus Maria Brandauer and Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
    Andrea Jonasson and Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
    Armin Mueller-Stahl and Ulrich Mühe in Spider's Web (1989)
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    Ulrich Mühe
    Ulrich Mühe
    • Theodor Lohse
    Klaus Maria Brandauer
    Klaus Maria Brandauer
    • Benjamin Lenz
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Baron von Rastchuk
    Andrea Jonasson
    Andrea Jonasson
    • Rahel Efrussi
    Corinna Kirchhoff
    Corinna Kirchhoff
    • Else von Schlieffen
    Elisabeth Endriss
    • Anna
    Ullrich Haupt
    Ullrich Haupt
    • Baron von Köckwitz
    Agnes Fink
    • Mutter Lohse
    András Fricsay Kali Son
    • Klitsche
    Ernst Stötzner
    • Günter
    Peter Roggisch
    • Prinz Heinrich
    Rolf Henniger
    Rolf Henniger
    • Aaron Efrussi
    Hans Korte
    Hans Korte
    • Geheimrat Hugenberg
    Kyra Mladeck
    • Frau von Köckwitz
    Hark Bohm
    Hark Bohm
    • Dada-Künstler
    Klaus Abramowsky
    • Literat
    Yvonne Remée
    • Schauspielerin
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    Martin Umbach
    • Schlomje
    • Director
      • Bernhard Wicki
    • Writers
      • Wolfgang Kirchner
      • Joseph Roth(novel)
      • Bernhard Wicki
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    10/10
    A perfect reflection of the late Twenties in Germany
    This film is based on a novel of the famous writer Joseph Roth. Director Bernhard Wicki, born in 1919, had a pretty good idea about the German society in the late Twenties. Personally he had to suffer under the NAZI regime and had to spend some years in a concentration camp, just for making a remark about Göring's wife ("Die Hohe Frau ist eine fette Sau"(The Lady is a fat pig)).

    The political background of the story was certainly the frustration of many Germans about the Versailles Treaty which lead to an exaggerated nationalistic feeling, especially among the aristocrats and wealthy land owners. Wicki describes this general development based on single fates and analyzes therewith the unhealthy situation in Germany which ended in the takeover of the political and individual life by the Nazis.

    The cast is first class: Ulrich Mühe (who won the "Oscar" award for his role in the movie "Das Leben der Anderen"), Armin Müller-Stahl and not to forget Klaus Maria Brandauer.

    The main figure - Theodor Lohse(Mühe) - is a typical example for a young man who simply tries to meliorate his personal situation and just wants to live a better life. His only chance is to unconditionally surrender to the influential and wealthy class which dictates the political and daily life in Germany.

    Wicki shows analytically the suspension which leads Lohse more and more in a criminal life where there is no escape. This 3 hour movie is full of historical details which give an excellent picture of the mood and situation in these days. For a non German this story might be rather complicated and hard to follow if he is not familiar with the newer German history of the late Twenties and early Thirties of the past century.

    I can only recommend this film which is full of suspense, to everybody who is interested in the history of our country.
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    • Oct 28, 2009

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    • Release date
      • September 21, 1989 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • The Spider's Web
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Beta Film
      • Filmexport Bratislava
      • Provobis Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen
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    • Runtime
      3 hours 16 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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