The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
- Original title
- Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
- Directed by
- Carl Boese, Paul Wegener
- Genre
- fantasy film, horror film, silent film, monster film
- Country
- Weimar Republic, Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- M/12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 242 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
In a medieval Jewish community, a rabbi creates a giant creature from clay using magic to protect his people. The golem comes to life and serves the rabbi but eventually becomes a threat when it defies control.
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What happens
The Golem: How He Came into the World (German: Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam, also referred to as Der Golem) is a 1920 German silent horror film and a leading example of early German Expressionism. Director Paul Wegener, who co-directed the film with Carl Boese and co-wrote the script with Henrik Galeen based on Gustav Meyrink's 1915 novel, stars as the titular creature, a being in Jewish folklore created from clay. Cinematographer Karl Freund went on to work on the 1930s Universal Pictures horror films years later in Hollywood. The Golem: How He Came into the World is the third of three films that Wegener made featuring the golem, the other two being The Golem (1915) and the short comedy The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917), in which Wegener dons the golem make-up in order to frighten a young lady with whom he is infatuated. The Golem: How He Came into the World is a prequel to The Golem from 1915 and, as the only one of the three films that has not been lost, is the best known of the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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