The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920) on Netflix
NR19201h 25m
Rabbi Loew reads the stars and foresees disaster for the Jews of 16th-century Prague. The emperor orders them to leave. Loew shapes a giant of clay and brings it to life.
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Plot summary
A decree from the emperor threatens the Jews of medieval Prague with expulsion before the new moon. Rabbi Loew, the community's head, has read the stars and warned the elders of disaster, and he persuades the emperor's squire Florian to press his case at court. Florian is drawn to Miriam, Loew's daughter, while Loew's own assistant also loves her. Working in secret, Loew summons the spirit Astaroth to learn the word that gives life, writes it on paper, seals the paper in an amulet and sets it on the chest of a clay giant. The Golem wakes and becomes a servant in the rabbi's house, and word comes that the emperor wants Loew at the Rose Festival.
Cast
- Hans Stürmas Der Rabbi Jehuda, der Älteste der Gemeinde
- Max Kronertas Der Tempeldiener
- Dore Paetzoldas Des Kaisers Kebse
- Lothar Müthelas Der Junker Florian
- Carl Ebertas Temple Servant
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
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- The Golem was first accompanied at release by a score from German Jewish composer Hans Landsberger. That original score was believed lost for decades until it turned up again in 2018, and a reconstructed and orchestrated version premiered in Weimar in September 2020.
- Of the three golem films Paul Wegener made, The Golem: How He Came into the World is the only one that survived World War II.
- The film's 1921 American release in New York City is credited with starting a so-called "golem cult" of golem-related media and adaptations.
