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Movie poster: The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea (1919)
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The Spiders: Part 1 - The Golden Sea

1919 · 69 min Adventure Crime
5.9 / 10 · TMDB

In San Francisco, well-known sportsman Kay Hoog announces to a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map drawn by a Harvard professor who has gone missing. The map tells of a lost Incan civilization that possesses an immense treasure. Hoog immediately plans an expedition to find it. But Lio Sha, the head of a criminal organization known as the Spiders, is determined to get the treasure for herself and plans a rival expedition.

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Original Title Die Spinnen, 1. Teil - Der Goldene See
Year 1919
Country Germany
Genre Adventure, Crime
Director Fritz Lang
Runtime 69 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.9/10 (39 votes)

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Fritz Lang constructs this early serial as a whirlwind of exotic perils and criminal intrigue, relying on the contemporary fascination with lost worlds and secret societies. It's a foundational piece of pulp adventure cinema.

What lingers after the final cliffhanger is the sheer exuberant energy of a new visual medium testing its own limits, offering pure, undiluted escapism. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Fritz Lang

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