The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917)

Original title

Der Golem und die Tänzerin

Directed by

Rochus Gliese, Paul Wegener

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, horror film, silent film

Country

German Empire, Germany

Runtime

40 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A parody horror movie from 1917 in which a golem interacts with a dancing girl. It is a lost silent film that blended comedy with spooky elements.

whimsicalplayfuldarkly comiclightheartedcreepymoodyold-fashionedsilent-era

What happens

The Golem and the Dancing Girl (original German title: Der Golem und die Tänzerin) is a lost 1917 German silent comedy horror film. It is part of a trilogy, preceded by The Golem (1915) and followed by The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920). Paul Wegener and Rochus Gliese co-directed and acted in the film. Wegener also wrote the screenplay. This was the screen debut of Fritz Feld. It was produced by Deutsche Bioscop GmbH. The Golem and the Dancing Girl is now considered a lost film, though silentera.com reports a print may exist in an "eastern European film archive". Troy Howarth wrote, "(the film) remains one of the earliest filmed examples of a horror spoof....makes it all the more regrettable that it has vanished so completely." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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