"Die Spinnen (The Spiders) was Fritz Lang's third feature film... and the first to establish his reputation as one of Germany's... foremost silent directors." "Lang's work on The Spiders... prevented him from directing the expressionist classic..." "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a film that had been assigned to him... by producer Erich Pommer." "The credits of The Spiders, however, include several names... famous by Caligari, such as Set Designer Hermann Warm and... actress Lil Dagover." "Filmed in 1919, The Spiders was made... in two parts designed to be shown on two different theatre dates." "Lang's plans to complete the serial story with a third... and fourth part to be titles The Secret of the Sphinx and For Asia's Imperial Crown... were unfortunately never realized." "The film's obsession with diabolical evil directed by... a powerful but unseen force is a foreshadowing... of the Dr. Mabuse films made by Lang three years later..." "Part of a series of adventure films in exotic locations... popular in Germany at the time, The Spiders was a... boxoffice success and made Decla the leading German studio." "THE GOLDEN SEA First Part of "The Spiders"" "The message in the bottle." "The Standard Club of San Francisco on the evening before the great America-Japan Regatta." "Lio Sha." ""Where is Kay Hoog, the favorite in tomorrow's race?"" "Kay Hoog." ""Kay Hoog lives only for sport." "He's probably forgotten all about tonight's party amid the preparation for tomorrow's race."" ""Each of you knows the great importance of a message in a bottle..." "It is the last attempt of shipwrecked sailors to send a message."" ""Today as I headed toward shore aboard my yacht..."" ""I hurried home to open the bottle."" "To whomever finds this:" "Please notify Harvard University..." "Cambridge Massachusetts, immediately that I was taken... prisoner here near the 75th longitude by descendants of the Incas... who by tradition still faithfully offer human sacrifice to the sun." "Unbelievable treasures lie buried below the ruins of their temples... which are probably inherited from their old King..." "Beneath the so-colled "Holy Sea" extends a gold mine, which appears to be inexhaustible." "Today I escaped my torturers and made it to the coast..." "In the name of God, help me." "May 5, 1918." "Fred Johnson." ""I found the point on a map..."" ""and wired Harvard University immediately."" ""As proof that this mystery really exists." "I have the reply."" "Professor Johnson has been missing... for six months from Peru expedition." "Harvard University" ""Consequently, I will not be in tomorrow's race for the Golden Trophy... of San Francisco." "The golden treasures of the ancient Incas are far more inviting."" "Mouton Rothschild, 1863." ""Good luck, Kay Hoog."" ""A broken glass means luck."" "That night." "The next morning." ""Do not interfere with the Spiders' business."" "Dr. Telphas." ""The assembly of Spiders is waiting for you."" ""Report on our nighttime visit to Hoog and show the captured document..." "Inform the Spiders precisely of my plans." "The golden treasure must be ours."" ""At the Master's order, Lio Sha has convened this meeting... to inform you of an important matter."" ""The Master wants you to finance this undertaking immediately... so that we can get there ahead of Kay Hoog."" "The two expeditions prepare." ""Cuicatlan is the southern-most station of the South Mexican Railway."" ""The line was built by the government to establish a connection... to a balloon station where meteorilogical measurements are taken."" ""I will lead the expedition myself, and you will accompany me, Dr. Telphas."" "On board the scenic car of the South Mexican Railway." "A telegram arrives for Harry Rongoon." ""Paging Mr. Rongoon!" "Paging Mr. Rongoon!"" "A chance reunion." ""I am employed by the meteorological station in Cuicatlan." "I fly a measurement balloon."" ""My next mission is a flight over the Crated Mountains of the Cordillares in Chile."" "In the bar of Cuicatlan." "The Spiders recruit." ""Gentlemen!" "Twenty dollars per day and a hundred dollars bonus!"" ""If you want to go along, you have to be on time." "I leave at exactly 6 o'clock."" "6:02" ""Free the balloon!"" "The next day, over the Cordillares." ""This is a document written in peculiar characters that I took from the Spiders... in the bar." "As much as I can make out, it is about a mysterious diamond ship."" "The Spiders' expedition." ""It's not enough that we have Kay Hoog opposing us for the gold treasure..." "Now he also has the key to our biggest secret, the diamond ship."" ""Where the sun sets in the west... lies the Holy Sea upon which no man has ever sailed."" ""Every morning in the sun's first rays there bathes in the sea... the Priestess of the Sun..." "a golden woman..." "Eldora."" "75 degrees W. Longitude." "The ruined city of the old Incas." ""If you really want to..."" "Naela, Priestess of the Sun, arrives to bathe in the Holy Sea." "Again the great day comes which occurs every fifty-two suns, the Great Festival of the Sun."" ""We will make a human sacrifice, so that the race of the Incas... will again become great and renew its ancient splendor."" ""Flee from here." "Save yourself." "Death waits for you here."" ""Flee, otherwise you are lost!" "No white man has ever left this valley alive."" "And Kay Hoog saw..." ""You will never leave here alive." "In three days is the Great Festival... of the Sun... where your heart will be sacrificed."" ""Tell us how you took her prisoner..."" ""During the nigt I saw smoke rising." "I investigated and saw..."" ""On the day of the Great Festival the blood of the prisoners will stain... the sacrificial rock and you." "Priestess of the Sun, will offer the sacrifice."" ""I offer flowers which are pure and white, as sacrifice." "But the blood... of a man?" "Kill?" "..." "Me?" "Let there be no sacrifice."" ""You must sacrifice them to the sun, so our people will be great... and powerful." "Again as in time past."" ""Flee!" "Flee!"" ""I will save you, as you saved me."" "The gold mine under the Holy Sea." ""The holy candles must not burn." "They bring death."" ""No one will find us here." "This is the sanctuary of... the Priestess of the Sun, which none may enter."" "An underground waterfall." ""Let me go with you..." "far away from here."" "And Lio Sha?" ""All exits are guarded..." "it is impossible to escape."" ""Then there is only one way out!" "The waterfall must have an outlet..."" ""Since her childhood I have trained Naela for this day." "I know how to force her."" "The Sun Festival." ""I will personally come to get you, that we may make the sacrifice to the sun."" ""O Mighty Sun!"" ""Gold!" "Gold!"" "The holy candles are burning." ""Gold!" "Gold!"" ""Come to your senses men!" "Everyone will get his share of the treasure!"" "The survivors." "And Kay Hoog..." "Afterwards." "Weeks later..." "back in San Francisco." ""You still have a secret document of the Spiders." "I am here to get it."" ""The Diamond Ship document?" "It's in good hands."" ""We shouldn't be enemies any longer." "You saved my life." "I love you, Kay Hoog."" ""There is my heart and my love."" ""Beware Kay Hoog." "You have rejected Lio Sha's love..." "now fear her fate."" ""I'll be back soon, Naela." "It's urget that I go to the city."" "And when Kay Hoog returned..." ""Where is Naela?"" ""Naela!"" "The sign of the Spiders." ""Lio Sha... you will pay dearly for this!"" "For the further adventures of Kay Hoog and his revenge on Lio Sha..." "See Part Two..." "THE DIAMOND SHIP"