Theme of the Traitor and the Hero
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"Theme of the Traitor and the Hero" (original Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 title: "Tema del traidor y del héroe") is a short story by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...

 originally published in 1944 in number 112 of the review Sur.

The short story was adapted into a film entitled The Spider's Stratagem
The Spider's Stratagem
The Spider's Stratagem is a political film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.The screenplay was written by Bertolucci based on "Theme of the Traitor and the Hero" story written by Jorge Luis Borges.-Plot:...

(Italian: Strategia del ragno) in 1970 by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci is an Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor and The Dreamers...

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