The Golem (1915 film)

Der Golem (German: Der Golem, shown in the USA, as The Monster of Fate) is a
The Golem
1915 German silent horror partially lost film, written and directed by Paul Wegener
and Henrik Galeen. It is inspired by ancient Jewish legend. It is the first of a trilogy
by Wegener, followed by The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917) and The Golem:
How He Came into the World (1920).

Contents
Plot
Cast
Production
Reception
Preservation status
See also
References
Der Golem , the 1915 German,
External links silent, horror film , shown in the
U.S., as The Monster of Fate , from
a theatrical, movie poster , with
risque artwork
Plot
Directed by Paul Wegener
In modern times, an antiques dealer (Henrik Galeen) finds a golem (Paul Wegener),
Henrik Galeen
a clay statue, brought to life, by a Kabbalist rabbi, using a magical amulet, four
Produced by Hanns Lippmann
centuries earlier. The dealer resurrects the golem, as a servant, but the golem falls in
love with Jessica (Lyda Salmonova), the dealer's wife. As she does not return his Written by Paul Wegener
love, the golem commits a series of murders. Henrik Galeen
Starring Paul Wegener
Cast Rudolf Blümner
Carl Ebert
Paul Wegener as Golem Henrik Galeen
Rudolf Blümner as Gelehrter Lyda Salmonova
Carl Ebert as Troedler
Release date 15 January 1915
Henrik Galeen as Troedler, the antiques dealer
Lyda Salmonova as Jessica
Robert A. Dietrich Running time 60 minutes
Jakob Tiedtke Country German Empire
Language Silent
Production German intertitles

Reception

Preservation status
The Deutsche Kinemathek film archive possesses "108 meter fragments".[1] While
many sources consider it a lost film, silentera.com states that a "print exists",[2] and
Professor Elizabeth Baer notes in her book The Golem Redux: From Prague to
Post-Holocaust Fiction that Donald Glut claimed in The Frankenstein Legend that
"European film collector" Paul Sauerlaender tracked down "a complete print" in
1958; Baer is careful, however, to point out that "Glut provides no source for this
information."[3]

See also Paul Wegener (Golem) and Lyda

Salmonova (Jessica), in the 1915
List of films made in the German Empire (1895-1918)
German, partially lost film, horror film
List of incomplete or partially lost films

References
1. "Der Golem" (https://www.lost-films.eu/films/show/id/78). Deutsche Kinemathek. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
2. "Der Golem" (http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/Golem1914.html). silentera.com. Retrieved March 27, 2013.
3. Baer, Elizabeth R. (April 16, 2012).The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction(https://books.google.
ca/books?id=0KL_rg4A7ZQC&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=Der+Golem+print&source=bl&ots=OGoNRz3ftS&sig=TC
pNZmNCEG_QMbeK1-OO2yIiIQs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WJKPVM3ZIY_ooA T6zoLIDA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBDgK#v=one
page&q=Der%20Golem%20print&f=false). Wayne State University Press. p. 196.ISBN 9780814336274.

External links
Fragments of The Golem is available for free download at theInternet Archive
The Golem on IMDb
The Golem at AllMovie

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