The Garden Spider

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Movie
German title The Garden Spider
Original title Epeira diadema
Country of production Italy
original language English
Publishing year 1952
Rod
Director Alberto Ancilotto
script Alberto Ancilotto
production Alberto Ancilotto
Underside of a garden spider in its web.

The Garden Spider (original title Epeira diadema ) is an Italian short documentary film by Alberto Ancilotto from 1952. Ancilotto also wrote the script and acted as the producer of the Oscar-nominated film.

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One learns that the garden spider is the most common representative of the genus cross spiders in Europe and is one of the largest native spiders. It is also one of the orb web spiders that is not endangered in Europe. Most often and most industriously, cross spiders weave their nests on warm, windless evenings, preferably near standing water or in free spaces in the garden or forest. During the day, the Epeira Diadema usually sits near its woven net in a small bag-like apartment. From the center of its web to where it is located, there are always some tense threads, which the spider notices when prey is caught in its web. The Epeira Diadema moves into the center of its network at dusk. The spiders cannot or do not like to use foreign tissue. If the spider is not disturbed, it will only build a tissue for life, which it gradually enlarges.

production

Ancilotto, who from 1940 mainly made scientific short films about various animal species, produced the film with Cristallo Films / IFE Releasing Corp.

Award

Alberto Ancilotto was with he produced film on the Academy Awards 1953 in the category "Best Short Documentary" for an Oscar nomination, but had to Norman McLaren and the Canadian short film Neighbors admit defeat, which in 2007 by the UNESCO for World Soundtrack Awards explained has been.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 1952 Academy Awards at infoplease.com (English)
  2. ↑ The 25th Academy Awards | 1953 adS oscars.org (English)