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|imagecaption=Surviving still from the film.
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'''''The Golem''''' is a German silent horror film released in 1915 that was written, directed by, and starring Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. 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''''' 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.
==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.


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.
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.


Another Golem film, ''[[The Golem and the Dancing Girl (lost silent film; 1917)|The Golem and the Dancing Girl]]'', has also been lost.
==Gallery==
 
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==Surviving Footage==
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==See Also==
*''[[The Golem and the Dancing Girl (lost German silent film; 1917)|The Golem and the Dancing Girl]]'', another lost Golem film


==References==
==External Link==
<references/>
*[http://horror.wikia.com/wiki/The_Golem_(1915) Horror Wikia article on ''The Golem''.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16


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Latest revision as of 17:33, 26 May 2021

TheGolem1915-InfoboxStill.jpg

Surviving still from the film.

Status: Partially Found

The Golem is a German silent horror film released in 1915 that was written, directed by, and starring Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. 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

External Link