The Golden Spider

The Golden Spider
GermanDie goldene Spinne
Directed byErich Engels
Written by
Produced byEduard Kubat
Starring
CinematographyE.W. Fiedler
Edited byRené Métain
Music byWerner Eisbrenner
Production
company
Distributed byDeutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date
  • 23 December 1943 (1943-12-23)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

The Golden Spider (German: Die goldene Spinne) is a 1943 German thriller film directed by Erich Engels and starring Kirsten Heiberg, Jutta Freybe, and Harald Paulsen.[1]

It was partly shot in Amsterdam. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Franz Bi and Bruno Lutz.

Cast

In alphabetical order

  • Franz Arzdorf as train control inspector
  • Wilhelm Bendow as the shameful guest of the "Red Mill"
  • Traute Bengen as Das Mädchen der Pension "Riemer"
  • Hermann Brix as Detective Commissioner Freise
  • Robert Bürkner as Dr. Eberding of the Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Conrad Cappi [de] as the manager of the "Red Mill"
  • Gerhard Dammann as doorman
  • Karl Dannemann as Bumm, foreman
  • Maly Delschaft as Rosa Sykora, Director of "Roten Mühle"
  • Erich Dunskus as foreman of the Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Jutta Freybe as Christa Fischer, family doctor
  • Otto Gebühr as Geheimrat Fischer, Director of Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Gerdi Gerdt as an employee at Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Bernhard Goetzke as the senior staff doctor on the train
  • Lutz Götz as Kriminalrat Vonhoff
  • Kirsten Heiberg as Lisaweta, Agent, alias Agnes Jordan, cabaret singer
  • Käte Jöken-König [es; de] as the owner der Künstlerpension "Riemer"
  • Paul Mederow
  • Hellmuth Passarge [de] as the entrance guard at the Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Harald Paulsen as Smirnoff / Petersen, Agent
  • Hermann Pfeiffer
  • Werner Pledath as Heinsius, ein Direktor der Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Klaus Pohl as the Ballet master at the "Red Mill"
  • Claire Reigbert
  • Liselotte Schaak as Fräulein von Holleben, secretary of the Privy Council
  • Ernst Schlott [de] as criminal secretary Zähringer
  • Josef Sieber as Berger, Chauffeur at the Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Walter Steinweg [de] as a disabled soldier at the train station
  • Jaspar von Oertzen as Kneisler, the guard at the factory entrance gate
  • Ursula Voß [de] as a worker at Kattenbeck-Werke
  • Rolf Weih as Axel Rüdiger, engineer, fiancé of Christa Fischer
  • Eduard Wenck [de] as a factory worker
  • Ewald Wenck as Kneisler, the guard at the factory entrance gate
  • Anneliese Würtz [de; fr] as Mrs. Mieger, forewoman at the plant

References

  1. ^ Giesen, Rolf (2008) [2003]. Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 197. ISBN 978-0786438709.

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