The Golem

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The Golem ★★★½ Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam 1920

A huge clay figure is given life by a rabbi in hopes of saving the Jews in the ghetto of medieval Prague. Rarely seen Wegener expressionist mythopus that heavily influenced the “Frankenstein” films of the sound era. 80m/B VHS, DVD . GE Paul Wegener, Albert Steinruck, Ernst Deutsch, Lyda Salmonava, Otto Gebuehr, Max Kronert, Loni Nest, Greta Schroder, Hans Sturm; D: Carl Boese, Paul Wegener; W: Henrik Galeen, Paul Wegener; C: Karl Freund; M: Hans Landberger.

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