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Spider's Web

Original title: Das Spinnennetz
  • 19891989
  • 3h 16m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
227
YOUR RATING
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
7.2/10
227
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Bernhard Wicki
  • Writers
    • Wolfgang Kirchner
    • Joseph Roth(novel)
    • Bernhard Wicki
  • Stars
    • Ulrich Mühe
    • Klaus Maria Brandauer
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • Director
    • Bernhard Wicki
  • Writers
    • Wolfgang Kirchner
    • Joseph Roth(novel)
    • Bernhard Wicki
  • Stars
    • Ulrich Mühe
    • Klaus Maria Brandauer
    • Armin Mueller-Stahl
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 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)
    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
    Martin Umbach
    Martin Umbach
    • Schlomje
    • Director
      • Bernhard Wicki
    • Writers
      • Wolfgang Kirchner
      • Joseph Roth(novel)
      • Bernhard Wicki
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    User reviews3

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    6/10
    LONG, BADLY PACED AND BORING
    If it is only for subject a film by Bernhard Wicki is always interesting viewing, but it also takes a lot of perseverance. This very long (would it ever end?), badly paced and boring film is no exception. Maybe the long production period (almost three years) took its toll, the film is very unsatisfactory with a couple of good scenes but on the whole it is a muddled up endeavour that sometimes simply rambles on from the one scene to the next without any overall power and structure. I could not care a bit about any of the characters.

    Wicki is not shy of using some strong graphic imagery to really make his point only to achieve complete distance: ah yes another ripped off head. Furthermore he seems to have been afraid not to get the atmosphere of the period across and endlessly we have to watch how good he was trying to achieve this by maybe a 1000 props we all have to see and a rather folklore interpretation of the Jewish Berlin neighbourhood: Wicki should have concentrated on good story telling in stead. The film is not helped much by poor acting.
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    • J. Steed
    • Oct 18, 1999

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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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