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The Black Spider (1921)

The Black Spider poster
Original title
Die schwarze Spinne
Directed by
Siegfried Philippi
Genre
silent film, horror film
Country
Germany
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A village is cursed by a black spider that brings death and terror. The story follows the supernatural events that plague the community after a pact with evil.

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What happens

The Black Spider (German: Die schwarze Spinne) is a 1921 German silent horror film directed by Siegfried Philippi and starring Olga Engl, Hugo Flink, and Charles Willy Kayser. It is based on the novella The Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf. It premiered in Berlin on 8 August 1921. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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