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'''''The Golem''''' was a silent 1915 German horror film 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 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 has been reported as lost since soon after its release. By 2007, some footage from the first act and a couple of minutes from the fourth act were recovered.
==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.


Another Golem film, ''[[The Golem and the Dancing Girl (lost silent film; 1917)|The Golem and the Dancing Girl]]'', has also been lost.
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.


==Surviving Footage==
==Gallery==
{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-P52acgz8|640x480|center|The found footage edited together (mirror of the original, now-removed upload).|frame}}
{{#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

The found footage edited together (mirror of the now-deleted original upload).

See Also

References

  1. Horror Wikia article. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.