Plots(1)
Fritz Lang embarked upon the second part of The Spiders knowing that there was not enough money to make the originally planned four-part series, thus he had to compress the plot of his novel of the same name and come up with a denouement at the end of the second film. Having eliminated her rival, the criminal Lio Sha spins a web of intrigue together with her other "Spiders", in order to abduct the daughter of John Terry, the "King of the Diamonds". Adventurer Kay Hoog, on the trail of a unique diamond, discovers that it is located on the Falkland Islands, and so he sets out to find it – with the "Spiders" on his heels... Unlike the first part, the sequel, The Diamond Ship, has survived almost intact. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Carl de Vogt
German Empire
Best movies:
Die Unsichtbaren Krallen des Dr. Mabuse (1962)
The Spiders (1919)
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle (1963)
Lil Dagover
Best movies:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Between Two Worlds (1921)
The Stars Shine (1938)
Rudolf Lettinger
Germany
Best movies:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Die Spinnen 2. Teil: Das Brilliantenschiff (1920)
Paul Morgan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Fair People (1930)
Eerie Tales (1919)
Die Spinnen 2. Teil: Das Brilliantenschiff (1920)
Edgar Pauly
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Between Two Worlds (1921)
Barcarole (1935)