# The Golden Spider

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1943 film

The Golden Spider German Die goldene Spinne Directed by Erich Engels Written by Erich Ebermayer Erich Engels Wolf Neumeister Ulrich Vogel Produced by Eduard Kubat Starring Kirsten Heiberg Jutta Freybe Harald Paulsen Otto Gebühr Cinematography E.W. Fiedler Edited by René Métain Music by Werner Eisbrenner Production company Terra Film Distributed by Deutsche Filmvertriebs Release date 23 December 1943 (1943-12-23) Running time 88 minutes Country Germany Language German

***The Golden Spider*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Die goldene Spinne***) is a 1943 German [thriller film](/source/Thriller_film) directed by [Erich Engels](/source/Erich_Engels) and starring [Kirsten Heiberg](/source/Kirsten_Heiberg), [Jutta Freybe](/source/Jutta_Freybe), and [Harald Paulsen](/source/Harald_Paulsen).[1] It was partly shot in [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Franz Bi](/source/Franz_Bi) and [Bruno Lutz](/source/Bruno_Lutz).

## Cast

In alphabetical order

- [Franz Arzdorf](/source/Franz_Arzdorf) as train control inspector

- [Wilhelm Bendow](/source/Wilhelm_Bendow) as the shameful guest of the "Red Mill"

- Traute Bengen as Das Mädchen der Pension "Riemer"

- [Hermann Brix](/source/Hermann_Brix) as Detective Commissioner Freise

- Robert Bürkner as Dr. Eberding of the Kattenbeck-Werke

- [Conrad Cappi](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conrad_Cappi&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Cappi)] as the manager of the "Red Mill"

- [Gerhard Dammann](/source/Gerhard_Dammann) as doorman

- [Karl Dannemann](/source/Karl_Dannemann) as Bumm, foreman

- [Maly Delschaft](/source/Maly_Delschaft) as Rosa Sykora, Director of "Roten Mühle"

- [Erich Dunskus](/source/Erich_Dunskus) as foreman of the Kattenbeck-Werke

- [Jutta Freybe](/source/Jutta_Freybe) as Christa Fischer, family doctor

- [Otto Gebühr](/source/Otto_Geb%C3%BChr) as Geheimrat Fischer, Director of Kattenbeck-Werke

- Gerdi Gerdt as an employee at Kattenbeck-Werke

- [Bernhard Goetzke](/source/Bernhard_Goetzke) as the senior staff doctor on the train

- [Lutz Götz](/source/Lutz_G%C3%B6tz) as Kriminalrat Vonhoff

- [Kirsten Heiberg](/source/Kirsten_Heiberg) as Lisaweta, Agent, alias Agnes Jordan, cabaret singer

- [Käte Jöken-König](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K%C3%A4te_J%C3%B6ken-K%C3%B6nig&action=edit&redlink=1) [[es](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4te_J%C3%B6ken-K%C3%B6nig); [de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4te_J%C3%B6ken-K%C3%B6nig)] as the owner der Künstlerpension "Riemer"

- [Paul Mederow](/source/Paul_Mederow)

- [Hellmuth Passarge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hellmuth_Passarge&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmuth_Passarge)] as the entrance guard at the Kattenbeck-Werke

- [Harald Paulsen](/source/Harald_Paulsen) as Smirnoff / Petersen, Agent

- [Hermann Pfeiffer](/source/Hermann_Pfeiffer_(actor))

- [Werner Pledath](/source/Werner_Pledath) as Heinsius, ein Direktor der Kattenbeck-Werke

- [Klaus Pohl](/source/Klaus_Pohl_(actor)) as the Ballet master at the "Red Mill"

- Claire Reigbert

- [Liselotte Schaak](/source/Liselotte_Schaak) as Fräulein von Holleben, secretary of the Privy Council

- [Ernst Schlott](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ernst_Schlott&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Schlott)] as criminal secretary Zähringer

- [Josef Sieber](/source/Josef_Sieber) as Berger, Chauffeur at the Kattenbeck-Werke

- [Walter Steinweg](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Walter_Steinweg&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Steinweg)] as a disabled soldier at the train station

- [Jaspar von Oertzen](/source/Jaspar_von_Oertzen) as Kneisler, the guard at the factory entrance gate

- [Ursula Voß](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ursula_Vo%C3%9F&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vo%C3%9F)] as a worker at Kattenbeck-Werke

- [Rolf Weih](/source/Rolf_Weih) as Axel Rüdiger, engineer, fiancé of Christa Fischer

- [Eduard Wenck](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eduard_Wenck&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Wenck)] as a factory worker

- [Ewald Wenck](/source/Ewald_Wenck) as Kneisler, the guard at the factory entrance gate

- [Anneliese Würtz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anneliese_W%C3%BCrtz&action=edit&redlink=1) [[de](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_W%C3%BCrtz); [fr](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_W%C3%BCrtz)] as Mrs. Mieger, forewoman at the plant

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Giesen, Rolf (2008) [2003]. *Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography*. Jefferson, NC: [McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company). p. 197. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0786438709](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786438709).

## External links

- [*The Golden Spider*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130739/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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