The Golem (1915)
- Original title
- Der Golem
- Directed by
- Henrik Galeen, Paul Wegener
- Genre
- drama film, fantasy film, silent film, horror film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 44 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A rabbi in 16th century Prague creates a clay giant to protect his community from persecution. The creature begins as a guardian but gradually becomes a source of fear and chaos.
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What happens
Der Golem (German: Der Golem, shown in the US as The Monster of Fate) is a partially lost 1915 German silent horror film written and directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. It was inspired by a Jewish folktale, the most prevalent version of the story involving 16th century Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel who created the Golem to protect his people from antisemites. Wegener claimed the film was based on Gustav Meyrink's 1915 novel The Golem, but, as the movie has little to do with existing Jewish traditions, Troy Howarth states "it is more likely that (the screenwriters) simply drew upon European folklore". The film was the first of a trilogy produced by Wegener, followed by The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917) and The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Arrival from the Darkness (1921)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.