The White Spider (1963 film)
| The White Spider | |
|---|---|
| German | Die weiße Spinne |
| Directed by | Harald Reinl |
| Written by | Egon Eis |
| Based on | The White Spider by Louis Weinert-Wilton |
| Produced by | Werner M. Lenz Gero Wecker |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Werner M. Lenz |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Wehrum |
| Music by | Peter Thomas |
Production companies | Arca-Winston Films Hans Oppenheimer Film |
| Distributed by | Constantin Film |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The White Spider (German: Die weiße Spinne) is a 1963 West German crime thriller film directed by Harald Reinl and starring Joachim Fuchsberger, Karin Dor and Horst Frank. It is based on a novel of the same name by the Czech writer Louis Weinert-Wilton.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. Location shooting took place in London, Hamburg and West Berlin. It was made and promoted to look like a German Edgar Wallace movie, using the same director and several actors from the Wallace film series.