Spiderweb (film)
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This article is about the 1976 film. For other uses, see Spider Web (disambiguation).
Spiderweb (1976) is a British short film directed by National Film and Television School graduate Paul Miller. It is a fairly faithful adaptation of "Death and the Compass", a 1942 short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986). The site of the action, an unnamed city in the original story, is given as "Borgesia" at the beginning of the film.
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Directed by | Paul Miller |
Based on | "Death and the Compass" by Jorge Luis Borges |
Starring | Nigel Hawthorne Gabor Vernon Harry Tierney Ray Marioni Helen Elliot Harry Webster Mike Bradsell |
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Running time | 33 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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Spiderweb is available as an "Extra" on the DVD of Alex Cox's 1996 Death and the Compass, a later adaptation of the same short-story.