Fascinating early Bertolucci that works as a psychological thriller and as an intelligent meditation on the morality that some anti-Fascists hide behind. Some interesting Oedipal stuff thrown in there for good measure, too.
This review of The Spider's Stratagem (1970) was written by Jonathan F on 06 Apr 2008.
The Spider's Stratagem has generally received positive reviews.
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