The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship(1920)

Name: The Spiders: Part 2 - The Diamond Ship
Director: Fritz Lang
Released: 1920-02-06
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Carl de Vogt, Ressel Orla, Georg John, Friedrich Kühne, Rudolf Lettinger

02/06/1920 (US)Adventure, Crime1h 45m

5.9

Overview

When we last saw Kay Hoog (millionaire adventurer, courageous hunk), he’d been beset with tragedy. Having escaped an ancient Incan city by the skin of his gleaming teeth, Hoog looked forward to a few years of settled life with his (amicably) captured Incan lovely, Naela. But the past struck quickly. Hoog’s arch-nemesis, the homicidal femme Lio Sha, murdered Naela on the very grounds of Hoog’s estate, prompting him to swear revenge upon her and her criminal organization, the Spiders. Now he must find them, as the Spiders continue their global quest for the Buddha-head Diamond. The head, it’s said, has the power to restore Asia to world dominance.

Fritz Lang

Director

Fritz Lang

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Carl de Vogt

Kay Hoog

Ressel Orla

Lio Sha

Georg John

Dr. Telphas

Friedrich Kühne

All-Hab-Mah

Rudolf Lettinger

Diamond King John Terry

Thea Zander

Ellen Terry

Reiner Steiner

Captain of the Diamond Ship

Edgar Pauly

Meinhart Maur

Paul Morgan

Karl Römer

Gilda Langer

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Part of the The Spiders Serial

With this exotic adventure film, director Fritz Lang established himself as a master of epic storytelling, a talent that would reach its pinnacle in such monumental films as Metropolis and Die Nibelungen. Influenced by the French serials of Louis Feuillade (Fantômas) and infused with Lang’s own fascination with Asian culture, THE SPIDERS follows international adventurer Kay Hoog (Carl de Vogt) in his quest for Incan gold and the precious “Buddha’s head” diamond. Along the way, he must contend with an organization of criminal spies known as The Spiders, who will employ any form of treachery, including murder, to snatch the artifacts from his possession.