Perla (Brynie Furstenberg), the town healer, walks into Hanna and Benjamin’s house at night to destroy the boy. The movie works equally well as a drama about coming to terms with loss and a horror movie. The cinematography by Rotem Yaron is excellent, using shadows to very creepy effect while highlighting the impressive set design. Written by Ariel Cohen and directed by Doron and Yoav Paz The Golem (2019) is quite an engaging little film. However, can the Golem be controlled? Is the Jewish community in more danger now with it lurking about? It takes the shape of her long-dead son and obeys her command to protect her. To that end, Hanna uncovers the hidden words in one of her secretive texts that are used to create the Golem. The elders decide to try and help as much as they can, but Hanna senses great danger and wishes to fight back. He threatens them with death unless they can cure his child. Yet she does having an inquiring mind, and she convinces Benjamin to acquire ancient books with supposed great power.Īs the plague worsens, Vladimir (Alex Tritenko) brings his dying daughter to the Jewish settlement. Benjamin (Ishai Golan), her husband, wants another child but Hanna is resistant, unable to fathom how she’d deal if this new child were to die as well. In the village, Hanna (Hani Furstenberg) is still grieving the loss of her son Joseph seven-years earlier. “Hanna uncovers the hidden words in one of her secretive texts that are used to create the Golem.…” Though a small village of Jewish residents remains untouched due to their general isolation from the rest of society this makes the community quite suspicious to the outsiders, who view them with scorn and consider them dangerous. A plague is sweeping through the larger towns in the area. Now, thanks to horror imprint Dread (formerly Dread Central Presents) a new horror movie based around the ancient Jewish monster is being released. It has shown up on occasion in a random horror movie here, an X-Files episode there, or in a book every once in a while, but compared to its other terror-inducing brethren, it is not as well known or iconic. It also happens to be my favorite German Expressionist horror film from that timeframe.Īside from that notable early movie, the magically-created creature has been mainly out of the popular culture sphere. The third film, commonly referred to as The Golem as well, released in 1920, is a prequel and is the most well known, in part because the whole thing is intact. Its first sequel is lost, again, save for a few pieces. The first movie is partially lost, though it is possible to watch the clips that do remain for free online.

The Golem, based on Gustav Meyrink’s 1914 novel mixed with general European folklore, is the first in a trilogy all written and directed by Paul Wegner (along with others, specific to each film). In 1915, the first of a trilogy of silent films was produced.

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