The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)

Description

The Golem: How He Came into the World (German: Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam, also referred to as The Golem) is a 1920 silent horror film co-directed by and starring Paul Wegener. The picture was directed by Carl Boese and Wegener and written by Wegener and Henrik Galeen. It stars Wegener as the golem. The film was the third of three films that Wegener made featuring the golem, the other two being The Golem (1915) and the short comedy The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917), in which Wegener dons the Golem make-up in order to frighten a young lady he is infatuated with. The Golem: How He Came into the World is a prequel to The Golem from 1915 and is the best-known of the series, largely because it is the only one of the three films that has not been lost.[1] One of the early horror films, the film was sensational upon its release and has left a lasting legacy within the film industry,[citation needed] alongside another early German expressionist horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).

Cast

• Albert Steinrück as Rabbi Loew
• Paul Wegener as The Golem
• Lyda Salmonova as Miriam
• Ernst Deutsch as Loew’s assistant
• Lothar Müthel as Knight Florian
• Otto Gebühr as Emperor
• Hans Stürm as Rabbi Jehuda
• Max Kronert as The Gatekeeper
• Greta Schröder as A Lady of the Court
• Loni Nest as Little Girl
• Fritz Feld as A Jester