- HD 1080
- Runtime: 100m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: it
- Country: Italy
- Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
- Stars: Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Pippo Campanini, Franco Giovanelli, Tino Scotti
- keywords: small town, countryside, father murder, investigation, unknown father, oedipus complex, white lie, italian resistance
- Production_studio: Red Film, RAI
- The The Spider's Stratagem is featured in the top rankings of 1970
- #24 in Top Drama Movies of 1970
- #3 in Top Mystery Movies of 1970
A young man returns to his countryside hometown to investigate the unclear circumstances behind the death of his father, ostensibly killed by Fascists in 1936, before his birth. As he unravels a web of lies that seems to encompass the whole town, he finds himself entangled in the same web.