The Snow Spider

The Snow Spider

95 mins | Fantasy | Nov. 26, 1988

On his ninth birthday, young Gwyn (Osian Roberts), who lives on a remote hill farm in Wales, receives five strange gifts from his grandmother (Siân Phillips): a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a metal brooch and a small broken horse. Gwyn offers the brooch to the wind and receives back a tiny silvery spider - Arianwen, the snow spider - confirming that, as his grandmother had already guessed, he has inherited magical powers from his Celtic ancestor Gwydyon, a powerful magician whose exploits are described in the fourth book ("Math Son of Mathonwy") of the Mabinogion. With the help of the snow spider, Gwyn embarks on adventures involving other worlds of snow and silver, as he attempts to solve the five-year-old mystery of his sister Beth's disappearance in a snow storm.

The Snow Spider

95 mins | Fantasy | Nov. 26, 1988

The Snow Spider
On his ninth birthday, young Gwyn (Osian Roberts), who lives on a remote hill farm in Wales, receives five strange gifts from his grandmother (Siân Phillips): a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a metal brooch and a small broken horse. Gwyn offers the brooch to the wind and receives back a tiny silvery spider - Arianwen, the snow spider - confirming that, as his grandmother had already guessed, he has inherited magical powers from his Celtic ancestor Gwydyon, a powerful magician whose exploits are described in the fourth book ("Math Son of Mathonwy") of the Mabinogion. With the help of the snow spider, Gwyn embarks on adventures involving other worlds of snow and silver, as he attempts to solve the five-year-old mystery of his sister Beth's disappearance in a snow storm.
Producers
Original title The Snow Spider
Directors Pennant Roberts
Writers Jenny Nimmo, Julia Jones

Cast

Siân Phillips

as Nain Griffiths

Sharon Morgan

as Gynis Griffiths

Robert Blythe

as Ivor Griffiths

Osian Roberts

as Gwyn Griffiths

Gareth Pritchard

as Alun Lloyd

Rossilyn Killick

as Eirlys

Gillian Elisa

as Mrs. Davies

Ifan Huw Dafydd

as Mr. Davies

Jill Richards

as Mrs. Lloyd

Glan Davies

as Mr. Lloyd

Noel Williams

as Doctor

John McAvoy

as PC Price

T. Graham Williams

as Searcher

Jethro Hood

as Twin

Spike Hood

as Twin

Andrew Morgan

as Dewi Davies