The Golem (1915 film)
The Golem | |
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![]() Der Golem, the 1915 German, silent, horror film, shown in the U.S., as The Monster of Fate, from a theatrical, movie poster, with risque artwork | |
Directed by |
Paul Wegener Henrik Galeen |
Produced by | Hanns Lippmann |
Written by |
Paul Wegener Henrik Galeen |
Starring |
Paul Wegener Rudolf Blümner Carl Ebert Henrik Galeen Lyda Salmonova |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | German Empire |
Language |
Silent German intertitles |
Der Golem (German: Der Golem, shown in the USA, as The Monster of Fate) is a 1915 German silent horror partially lost film, written and directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. It is inspired by ancient Jewish legend. It is the first of a trilogy by Wegener, followed by The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917) and The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920).
Plot
In modern times, an antiques dealer (Henrik Galeen) finds a golem (Paul Wegener), a clay statue, brought to life, by a Kabbalist rabbi, using a magical amulet, four centuries earlier. The dealer resurrects the golem, as a servant, but the golem falls in love with Jessica (Lyda Salmonova), the dealer's wife. As she does not return his love, the golem commits a series of murders.
Cast
- Paul Wegener as Golem
- Rudolf Blümner as Gelehrter
- Carl Ebert as Troedler
- Henrik Galeen as Troedler, the antiques dealer
- Lyda Salmonova as Jessica
- Robert A. Dietrich
- Jakob Tiedtke
Preservation status
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The Deutsche Kinemathek film archive possesses "108 meter fragments".[1] While many sources consider it a lost film, silentera.com states that a "print exists",[2] and Professor Elizabeth Baer notes in her book The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction that Donald Glut claimed in The Frankenstein Legend that "European film collector" Paul Sauerlaender tracked down "a complete print" in 1958; Baer is careful, however, to point out that "Glut provides no source for this information."[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Der Golem". Deutsche Kinemathek. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ↑ "Der Golem". silentera.com. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
- ↑ Baer, Elizabeth R. (April 16, 2012). The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction. Wayne State University Press. p. 196. ISBN 9780814336274.