1920 · horror · fantasy · german
The Golem: How He Came into the World
Directed by Carl Boese, Paul Wegener1h 25m1920
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Our read: The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) reads as a sombre, measured, surreal horror · fantasy · german entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured horror / fantasy, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
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