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The Spider's Stratagem(Movie, 1970)

Original title: "Strategia del ragno" (Italian/IT)
1h 40min | Genres: Mystery, Drama
The Spider's StratagemRating: 3.6/5 (with 3535 votes)
The Spider's Stratagem (Italian: Strategia del ragno) is a 1970 Italian made-for-television political mystery-drama film written and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and produced by RAI. The screenplay is based on the 1944 short story Theme of the Traitor and the Hero by Jorge Luis Borges. The film stars Giulio Brogi and Alida Valli, and follows the son of an antifascist martyr who travels to his namesake’s father’s hometown, uncovering secrets of his father’s past in the process. The film was screened at the 31st Venice International Film Festival before premiering on Rai 1 on October 25, 1970, then rebroadcasting on Rai 2 five days later. It received a limited theatrical release in Europe and the United States. ()
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About The Spider's Stratagem

A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.

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Additional Information

Production country: Italy
Based on: "Theme of the Traitor and the Hero" (find it on Amazon)
Made by: RAI, Red Film
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: Italian (IT)
Translated into 13 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/17/1970
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La estrategia de la araña"
"De strategie van de spin"
"Стратегията на паяка"
"A Estratégia da Aranha"
"La Stratégie de l'araignée"
"Die Strategie der Spinne"
"Edderkoppens strategi"
"La estrategia de la araña"
"Hämähäkin juoni"
"La Stratégie de l'araignée"
"Pókstratégia"
"Esterāteži-e 'ankabut"
"استراتژی عنکبوت"
"Ansatsu no opera"
"暗殺のオペラ"
"Voro strategija"
"Edderkoppens strategi"
"Strategia pająka"
"A Estratégia da Aranha"
"Spindelns strategi"
"Stratégia pavúka"
"Strategija pauka"
"Стратегия паука"

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:194549, Added: 04/24/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024