The Golem

Name: Der Golem
Genre: Horror
Released: 1914-01-15
Duration: 1 h
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Paul Wegener, Henrik Galeen, Lyda Salmonova

Original title: Der Golem

1914
1h

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.3K

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Horror

Lost film about an antiques dealer who finds a golem that has been brought to life four centuries earlier by a Kabbalist rabbi to protect his people from persecution. The dealer resurrects t... Read allLost film about an antiques dealer who finds a golem that has been brought to life four centuries earlier by a Kabbalist rabbi to protect his people from persecution. The dealer resurrects the golem as a servant but it goes on a rampage.Lost film about an antiques dealer who finds a golem that has been brought to life four centuries earlier by a Kabbalist rabbi to protect his people from persecution. The dealer resurrects the golem as a servant but it goes on a rampage.

Directors
- Paul Wegener
- Henrik Galeen
Writers
- Paul Wegener
- Henrik Galeen
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Paul Wegener
- Henrik Galeen
Writers
- Paul Wegener
- Henrik Galeen
Stars

6User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The second reel of The Golem (1915) was recently discovered in the same Argentinian archive that yielded long thought lost footage of Metropolis. The newly discovered footage of The Golem (1915) was shown at the Stummfilmtage Bonn 2017 on August 13, 2017.

Connections
Featured in So Sweet... So Perverse (1969)

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Review

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This is NOT the 1920 version!

Reviewers of this film seem to be confusing it with Wegener's "The Golem - How He Came Into The World" (1920). Let's clarify:

In 1914, "Der Golem" was filmed. This movie dealt with the resurrection of the Golem in modern times. Known in the USA as "The Monster of Fate", it is considered a lost film. Only about a minute or so survives, somewhere in Germany. Rumors have circulated for years of a single, surviving print - but this seems to be untrue.

The 1920 film was actually Wegener's "prequel" - a film set totally in period, dealing with the creation of the clay being by Rabbi Loew, and how it is brought to life.

The 1920 film is, in my opinion, a must-see; the earlier film is pretty much lost. It is important, however, that we not confuse these two motion pictures.