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The Black Spider is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divided, what is originally the internal story later spills over into the frame story as well.
- Jeremias Gotthelf
- 1842
Nov 24, 2022 · Based on a 18th century novel by Jeremias Gotthelf, the film depicts the story of a midwife who makes a deal with the devil to stop the Teutonic Knights from terrorizing her village. The film features a spider plague, superstition, violence and a female protagonist.
- (288)
- Drama, Thriller
- Markus Fischer
- 2022-11-24
The Black Spider is a short novel about a mysterious plague that ravages a remote Swiss village, allegedly caused by a pact with the devil. It is a chilling tale of evil, superstition and cosmic horror, influenced by German Romanticism and Gothic literature.
- (4K)
- Paperback
Mar 28, 2023 · The black spider. by. Gotthelf, Jeremias, 1797-1854. Publication date. 1980. Topics. Fiction in German 1830-1856 Translations. Publisher. London : J. Calder [etc.] : [Distributed by Calder and Boyars]
Oct 30, 2018 · In a remote Swiss village, a grandfather tells a story during a christening, a tale that portends evil at large in society and provides a vision of cosmic horror.
Watch the official trailer of The Black Spider, a drama thriller set in medieval Germany. A midwife makes a deal with the devil to stop the German Knights, but faces a spider plague and a deadly enemy.
- 2 min
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The Black Spider can be seen as a parable of evil in the heart or of evil at large in society (Thomas Mann saw it as foretelling the advent of Nazism), or as a vision, anticipating H. P. Lovecraft, of cosmic horror. There’s no question, in any case, that it is unforgettably creepy.
