Spider's Web

Spider's Web

196 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1989

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.

Spider's Web

196 mins | Drama | Sept. 21, 1989

Spider's Web
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers TVE, Beta Film, RAI, ORF, ZDF, Provobis Film
Original title Das Spinnennetz
Directors Bernhard Wicki
Writers Joseph Roth, Wolfgang Kirchner, Bernhard Wicki

Cast

Ulrich Mühe

as Theodor Lohse

Klaus Maria Brandauer

as Benjamin Lenz

Armin Mueller-Stahl

as Baron von Rastchuk

Andrea Jonasson

as Rahel Efrussi

Agnes Fink

as Mutter Lohse

Hans Korte

as Geheimrat Hugenberg

Hark Bohm

as Dada-Künstler

Horst Sachtleben

as Kommissar

Joachim Bliese

as Staatssekretär Hilper

Ullrich Haupt

as Baron von Köckwitz

András Fricsay

as Klitsche

Ernst Stötzner

as Günter

Peter Roggisch

as Prinz Heinrich

Rolf Henniger

as Aaron Efrussi

Kyra Mladeck

as Frau von Köckwitz

Klaus Abramowsky

as Literat

Martin Umbach

as Schlomje

Alfred Hrdlicka

as Klaften

Marquard Bohm

as Roter

Irm Hermann

as Gefangene

Herbert Tennigkeit

as Oberst Pauli

Rainer Rudolph

as Otto von Köckwitz

Bernhard Wicki

as Herr Waizenbaum

Rainer Penkert

as Herr von Badewitz