Der Golem

Summary

The first of three German silent films about the Jewish legend of the Golem: While digging a well, workers discover a statue molded out of clay. A Jewish second-hand dealer recognizes the Golem in the statue and succeeds to revive the statue by the means of a magic amulet. The Golem falls in love with the second-hand dealer’s daughter although she is drawn to a Count while the gigantic Golem scares her. He follows his beloved to a summer party where a life-and-death fight ensues.


Other film version of the "Golem" legend:


"Der Golem und die Tänzerin" ("The Golem and the Dancing Girl", 1917), directed by Paul Wegener;

"Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam" ("The Golem", 1920), directed by Paul Wegener and Carl Boese;

"Le Golem" ("The Golem", 1936), France/Czechoslovakia, directed by Julien Duvivier;

"Le Golem" (TV, 1967), France, directed by Jean Kerchbron;

"Golem" (1980), Poland, directed by Piotr Szulkin;

"The Golem" (TV, 2000), USA, directed by Scott Wegener

"Golems, Golems" (documentary film about the Golem legend, 2002), France, directed by Pierre-Henri Salfati.