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'''''The Golem''''' | '''''The Golem''''' is a silent German horror film released in 1915 that was written, directed by, and starring Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen.<ref>[http://horror.wikia.com/wiki/The_Golem_(1915) Horror Wikia article.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16.</ref> It told the story of a petrified, human-sized monster made out of clay in Prague who protected the Jewish people from their persecutors. It is brought back to life and used as a servant, but after falling in unrequited love with a woman, it goes on a murderous rampage. | ||
The film | ==Availability== | ||
The film was reported to be lost soon after its release. By 2007, some footage from the first act and a couple of minutes from the fourth act were recovered. | |||
Additionally, several sources claim that prints do still exist, and Elizabeth Baer states in her book, ''The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction'', that Donald Glut knows a "European film collector" who owns a copy. He did not source his claim, however, says Baer. | |||
== | ==Gallery== | ||
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-P52acgz8| | {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-P52acgz8|320x240|center|The found footage edited together (mirror of the now-deleted original upload).|frame}} | ||
==See Also== | |||
*''[[The Golem and the Dancing Girl (lost silent film; 1917)|The Golem and the Dancing Girl]]'', another lost Golem film | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 05:39, 16 May 2017
Surviving still from the film.
Status: Partially Found
The Golem is a silent German horror film released in 1915 that was written, directed by, and starring Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen.[1] It told the story of a petrified, human-sized monster made out of clay in Prague who protected the Jewish people from their persecutors. It is brought back to life and used as a servant, but after falling in unrequited love with a woman, it goes on a murderous rampage.
Availability
The film was reported to be lost soon after its release. By 2007, some footage from the first act and a couple of minutes from the fourth act were recovered.
Additionally, several sources claim that prints do still exist, and Elizabeth Baer states in her book, The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction, that Donald Glut knows a "European film collector" who owns a copy. He did not source his claim, however, says Baer.
Gallery
See Also
- The Golem and the Dancing Girl, another lost Golem film
References
- ↑ Horror Wikia article. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.