The spider's nest

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Movie
German title The spider's nest
Original title The Spider Woman
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1943
length 63 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Roy William Neill
script Bertram Millhauser
production Roy William Neill
camera Charles van Enger
cut William Austin
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The Spider's Nest is a 1943 American film . Motifs from the Sherlock Holmes stories The Speckled Ribbon , The Sign of Four and The Yellow Face Arthur Conan Doyle were embedded in a completely new plot.

action

A series of mysterious suicides caught the attention of England and thus that of the master detective Sherlock Holmes . All of the fatalities had one thing in common - they were passionate gamblers. After Holmes faked his death, he went to the casino, disguised as Indian officer Rajni Singh, and met a mysterious lady named Adrea Spedding, who was happy to help the luckless gamblers financially. When Adrea Spedding also offers Singh money, he agrees. The players' insurance policies are deposited with straw men and after Adrea has murdered them, sooner or later she can collect them herself.

But Adrea already suspects that it is Holmes. Soon after, a huge spider crawls through the ventilation shaft. It becomes clear that Adrea planned her murders down to the last detail. B. the dumb child she adopted, Larry the spider, through the ventilation shaft into the bedroom. Later she tries a deadly smoke bomb. Holmes is able to avoid the attacks and has the killed spider examined by the expert Gilflower. The investigation reveals that the poison drives the victims insane and into suicide. Gilflower says that only a certain Mr. Owdry examines such special spiders. But the real Mr. Owdry was murdered after he became too dangerous for Adrea. Instead, she is greeted by a doppelganger who can flee after his exposure.

Sherlock Holmes finds Adrian's alleged hiding place at a fair. However, this was a trap, Holmes is captured and put behind a shooting gallery figure. Watson - a passionate shooter - almost unsuspectingly shoots him several times before Holmes can free himself. After being exposed, Adrea allows herself to be arrested by Inspector Lestrade without resistance.

German version

The German dubbed version was created in 1969 on German television broadcasting in the GDR and was first broadcast on June 19, 1969. The main roles were spoken by Walter Niklaus (Sherlock Holmes) and Alfred Bohl (Dr. Watson).

In contrast to the original version, the German TV version from 1969 contains many cuts that were made primarily for political reasons. In addition, there is a falsifying German translation, which mainly refers to Miss Spedding's silent nephew. On the DVD mentioned below, the cuts were reversed and any falsifying scenes were replaced by the original English sound.

Motifs from the Sherlock Holmes canon

"The speckled tape": Sherlock Holmes recognizes the cause of death, a snake that penetrates at night, in the film it is a spider instead of the snake.

"The sign of four": Sherlock Holmes recognizes the footprint of a small person (Andamane) in front of the window of the Sholto brothers. In the film, Sherlock recognizes the footprint of a little person on the roof in the snow, here it is the footprint of a child.

" The last problem ": Sherlock drops the Reichenbach Falls together with Professor Moriaty and everyone believes he has died, even Dr. Watson. In the film, too, Dr. Watson long, that Sherlock was killed in a fishing accident in Scotland. In both cases it is reported in the press.

"A scandal in Bohemia": Sherlock acknowledges Irene Adler's superiority and sophistication as the only woman. At the end of the film, Sherlock recognizes this in the adrea.

criticism

The New York Times counts the film among the best in the series .

See also

DVD release

  • The spider's nest . On: The Sherlock Holmes Collection. Part 2 . Special Edition (3-DVD-Set). Koch Media 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Wurm: Spider Woman, The. In: www.schnittberichte.com. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ RE: Censorship in the synchronization - 5th In: 215072.homepagemodules.de. Retrieved August 2, 2016 .
  3. ↑ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/46066/The-Spider-Woman/overview