Overview
Ulrich Mühe plays a German businessman who was born completely without scruples. This makes him an eminently suitable candidate for success in the chaotic years after World War I. The shameless man's story is contrasted with that of his polar opposite, a Jewish anarchist.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the German Film Awards for Best Feature Film and Best Direction (1990)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1990)
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Setting
Set in Kiel and Berlin
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Music
Music by Günther Fischer
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Gérard Vandenberg
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Joseph RothNovel
- Wolfgang KirchnerScreenplay
- Bernhard WickiScreenplay
- Original title
- Das Spinnennetz
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 21, 1989
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Ulrich MüheTheodor Lohse
Klaus Maria BrandauerBenjamin Lenz
Armin Mueller-StahlBaron von Rastchuk
Andrea JonassonRahel Efrussi
Agnes FinkMutter Lohse
Hans KorteGeheimrat Hugenberg
Hark BohmDada-Künstler
Horst SachtlebenKommissar
Joachim BlieseStaatssekretär Hilper- Elisabeth EndrissAnna
Ullrich HauptBaron von Köckwitz- András FricsayKlitsche
Ernst StötznerGünter- Peter RoggischPrinz Heinrich
- Rolf HennigerAaron Efrussi
- Kyra MladeckFrau von Köckwitz
Klaus AbramowskyLiterat
Martin UmbachSchlomje- Alfred HrdlickaKlaften
Marquard BohmRoter
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