The original spy-vs-spy cliffhanger that invented the entire adventure genre.
In San Francisco, well-known sportsman Kay Hoog announces to a club that he has found a message in a bottle with a map drawn by a Harvard professor who has gone missing. The map tells of a lost Incan civilization that possesses an immense treasure. Hoog immediately plans an expedition to find it. But Lio Sha, the head of a criminal organization known as the Spiders, is determined to get the treasure for herself and plans a rival expedition.
Direction
Lang already commanding shadow and space like a tyrant.
Editing
Ruthless cross-cutting that defined the cliffhanger forever.
Production
Absurdly ambitious sets for a 1919 two-reeler serial.
Director
Fritz Lang
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