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The Golem : how he came into the world /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: K255 | Kino on VideoSubtitle language: English Series: German horror classicsPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Edition: Restored authorized edDescription: 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, tinted black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Other title:

Original German title: Golem, wie er in die Welt kam

Uniform titles:

Golem (Motion picture : 1920)
German horror classics.

Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:

791.43/72 22

LOC classification:

PN1997 .G5865 2002

Production credits:

Camera, Karl Freund ; sets, Hans Poelzig ; costumes, Rochus Gliese ; new music, Aljoscha Zimmermann (c2000).

Cast: Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch, Hanns Sturm, Max Kronert, Otto Gebühr, Dore Paetzold, Lothar Müthel, Greta Schröder, Loni Nest, Paul Wegener.Summary: In 16th century Prague, Rabbi Loew creates a giant Golem from clay to protect his people from their persecutors. Employing sorcery, he brings the artificial man to life, endowing him with human emotions. Famulus, Loew's evil assistant, manages to take control of the Golem, commanding it to perform sordid criminal acts culminating in the kidnapping of the Rabbi's daughter Miriam. The monster, outraged, rebels and a rampage ensues.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02031 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050182051

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1920.

"The titles have been newly translated by Robert Gray of Kinograph and are presented in a careful approximation of the original edition."

Also issued as part of the box set: German horror classics.

Special features: Excerpts from Julien Duvivier's film "Le Golem" (6 min., 1936); "Creation : comparison" multimedia featurette analyzing similar scenes in Wegener's film "The Golem" (1920), Chayim Bloch's novel "The Golem" (1925) & F.W. Murnau's film "Faust" (1926); "'The Golem' gallery" collection of photographs & artwork.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; stereo.

Silent, with English intertitles & musical accompaniment. Original German intertitles absent.

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