The Cave of the Silken Web | |
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Directed by | Dan Duyu |
Screenplay by | Guan Ji'an [1] |
Based on |
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en |
Starring | Yin Mingzhu |
Cinematography | Dan Ganting [1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 min [2] |
Country | Republic of China |
Language | Silent (Chinese intertitles) |
The Cave of the Silken Web ( traditional Chinese: 盤絲洞; simplified Chinese: 盘丝洞; pinyin: Pan Si Dong) a.k.a. Journey to the West - the Spiders Cave (西遊記-盤絲洞; 西游记-盘丝洞) a.k.a. Spiders is a 1927 Chinese film directed by Dan Duyu and starring Yin Mingzhu as the first spider spirit. [1] It is based on an episode of the shenmo fantasy novel Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic written in the Ming Dynasty.
The ten-reel silent film was produced by Shanghai Yingxi Company. [1]
It was thought to be a lost film, until 2011, when an original copy of The Cave of the Silken Web was discovered in the archives of the National Library in Mo i Rana, Norway. [3] [4] [5] The film was presented at the Films from the South 2013 festival in Oslo. [2] Roughly three-quarters of the film is preserved, the first reel and a section in the middle is lost.[ citation needed] The Norwegian copy has retained the original Chinese intertitles, but includes additional jokes in Norwegian written for the local audience.
The film was followed by a sequel in 1930: The Cave of the Silken Web II (續盤絲洞; 续盘丝洞; Xu Pan Si Dong) a.k.a. Spiders II, also directed by Dan Duyu and starring Yin Mingzhu. [6] The sequel is believed to be a lost film. [7]
The Cave of the Silken Web | |
---|---|
Directed by | Dan Duyu |
Screenplay by | Guan Ji'an [1] |
Based on |
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en |
Starring | Yin Mingzhu |
Cinematography | Dan Ganting [1] |
Release date |
|
Running time | 60 min [2] |
Country | Republic of China |
Language | Silent (Chinese intertitles) |
The Cave of the Silken Web ( traditional Chinese: 盤絲洞; simplified Chinese: 盘丝洞; pinyin: Pan Si Dong) a.k.a. Journey to the West - the Spiders Cave (西遊記-盤絲洞; 西游记-盘丝洞) a.k.a. Spiders is a 1927 Chinese film directed by Dan Duyu and starring Yin Mingzhu as the first spider spirit. [1] It is based on an episode of the shenmo fantasy novel Journey to the West, a Chinese literary classic written in the Ming Dynasty.
The ten-reel silent film was produced by Shanghai Yingxi Company. [1]
It was thought to be a lost film, until 2011, when an original copy of The Cave of the Silken Web was discovered in the archives of the National Library in Mo i Rana, Norway. [3] [4] [5] The film was presented at the Films from the South 2013 festival in Oslo. [2] Roughly three-quarters of the film is preserved, the first reel and a section in the middle is lost.[ citation needed] The Norwegian copy has retained the original Chinese intertitles, but includes additional jokes in Norwegian written for the local audience.
The film was followed by a sequel in 1930: The Cave of the Silken Web II (續盤絲洞; 续盘丝洞; Xu Pan Si Dong) a.k.a. Spiders II, also directed by Dan Duyu and starring Yin Mingzhu. [6] The sequel is believed to be a lost film. [7]