The Spiders: The Golden Lake (Germany) 1919 The earliest surviving work of Lang’s is “The Spiders: The Golden Lake” and considered lost until a complete print was discovered in the 1970s and a restored version released in 1978. Even at 90+ years old, this series is a lot of fun and it requires ignoring a great deal of the Fritz Lang myth to appreciate it for what it is: A rich adventurer, an international criminal organization, lost Inca gold, an undiscovered tribe, shoot-outs, chases, trap doors, underground cities, escapes by a hot-air balloon and a flimsy raft, ninjas, caverns filling up with rushing water or poisonous gas, these are the elements of Fritz Langs third film and his earliest surviving film. Produced by Erich Pommer for Decla-film, it was written by Lang and released in 1919. “The Spiders: The Golden Lake” was the first of a planned four films to chronicle the adventures of Kay Hoog (Karl De Vogt) — a wealthy adventurer who finds a map in a bottle bobbing in the ocean from an explorer being held captive by a tribe in South America that has hoards of Inca gold — and his arch enemies, The Spiders — and his nemesis Lio Sha (Ressel Orla) — are plotting to steal the gold to use in their plans for world domination. The film features Lil Dagover as a tribal princess. Lang spent a great deal of time with preparation consulting with the Ethnographical Museum as to costumes and architecture of the Incas. Produced by Erich Pommer Decla-Bioscop AG. Directed and written by Fritz Lang Starring Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John, Lil Dagover. Cinematography Karl Freund, Emil Schünemann. Production Design by Otto Hunte, Carl Ludwig Kirmse, Heinrich Umlauff, Hermann Warm
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