Das Spinnennetz
Spider′s Web
Kiel in 1918. The sailor′s revolt comes at the end of the first world war. Theodor Lohse, a conscientious young officer, confronts the mutineering sailors in defiance, and in vain. After being severely injured by a bayonet, he feels the revolutionaries are betraying their fatherland. After the war, in 1923, Lohse finds that mass unemployment and the many political parties confuse his reintegration into society.
He is introduced to the influential Baron von Rastschuk and joins a right-wing organization whose political program is to discredit dissenters and, if necessary, to liquidate them. In this group he comes across Benjamin Lenz, a Jew from Eastern Europe who, like him, spies for both the right and the left. When Lohse receives orders from his organization to put down a revolt by farm laborers, he brings about a massacre. The press celebrates him as a hero, his marriage to an aristocrat has been announced and he is appointed to the position of secretary of state in the Ministry of the Interior. There is nothing standing in the way of his career, were it not for Benjamin Lenz.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Theodor Lohse
- Benjamin Lenz
- Baron von Rastschuk
- Rahel Efrussi
- Else von Schlieffen
- Anna
- Baron von Köckwitz
- Mutter Lohse
- Günter
- Klitsche
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
based on
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Still photography
Lighting design
Set design
Prop master
Construction manager
Make-up artist
Special make-up effects
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Special effects
Music
Cast
- Theodor Lohse
- Benjamin Lenz
- Baron von Rastschuk
- Rahel Efrussi
- Else von Schlieffen
- Anna
- Baron von Köckwitz
- Mutter Lohse
- Günter
- Klitsche
- Prinz Heinrich
- Aaron Efrussi
- Geheimrat Hugenberg
- Frau von Köckwitz
- DADA-Künstler
- Literat
- Schauspielerin
- Schlomje
- Kommissar
- Maler Klaften
- Großvater
- Staatssekretär Hilper
- Otto von Köckwitz
- Pisk
- Oberst Pauli
- Herr Isaakson
- Frau von Schlieffen
- Herr von Badewitz
- Lohses Schwester
- Roter
- Gefangene Rote
- Matrose
- Herr Waizenbaum
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Producer (TV)
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- 15.11.1986 - 13.12.1988: Berlin, Prag, Pilsen, Měelnik und Umgebung, Satec ua.; CCC-Studios Berlin-Spandau [mit Unterbrechungen]
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.07.1989, 62334, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (FR): 09.05.1989, Cannes, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 20.09.1989, Berlin, Cinema Paris;
TV-Erstsendung: 30.08.1992, ZDF
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Das Spinnennetz
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 26.07.1989, 62334, ab 16 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (FR): 09.05.1989, Cannes, IFF;
Kinostart (DE): 20.09.1989, Berlin, Cinema Paris;
TV-Erstsendung: 30.08.1992, ZDF
Awards
- Gilde-Filmpreis in Gold
- Bester Darsteller
- Filmband in Silber, Weitere Filme
- Filmband in Gold, Beste Regie
- Filmband in Gold, Beste Ausstattung
- Filmband in Gold, Darstellerische Leistung
- Prädikat: wertvoll