Il Golem - L'uomo d'argilla (1920)
Nel ghetto ebraico della Praga cinquecentesca dominata da Rodolfo II d’Asburgo, l’anziano rabbino Löw tramite un rito di magia cabalistica dà vita alla sua creatura, il Golem, e ne fa il suo servitore. L’imponente essere fatto d’argilla si ribellerà al suo demiurgo ma, alla fine, morirà, ucciso dal gioco di una ignara bambina curiosa.
Direttori:
Carl Boese, Paul Wegener.
Scrittori:
Paul Wegener, Henrik Galeen.
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Paul Wegener as The Golem |
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Albert Steinrück as Rabbi Loew |
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Lyda Salmonova as Miriam, the Rabbi's Daughter |
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Ernst Deutsch as Rabbi Famulus |
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Hans Stürm as Rabbi Jehuda, the Elder of the Community |
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Max Kronert as Temple Servant |
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Otto Gebühr as Emperor |
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Dore Paetzold as Emperor's Concubine |
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Lothar Müthel as Knight Florian |
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Greta Schröder as Young Woman with Rose |
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Loni Nest as Little Girl |
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Carl Ebert as Temple Servant (uncredited) |
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Fritz Feld as Jester (uncredited) |
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Ursula Nest as Little Girl (uncredited) |
| Writing | Gustav Meyrink | Novel |
| Writing | Paul Wegener | Screenplay |
| Camera | Karl Freund | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Carl Boese | Director |
| Production | Paul Davidson | Producer |
| Art | Edgar G. Ulmer | Set Designer |
| Art | Kurt Richter | Art Direction |
| Camera | Guido Seeber | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Paul Wegener | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rochus Gliese | Costume Design |
| Writing | Henrik Galeen | Screenplay |
| Art | Hans Poelzig | Set Designer |
| Sound | Douglas M. Protsik | Musician |
| Camera | Robert Baberske | Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Berthold Bartosch | Other |
| Sound | Hans Landsberger | Original Music Composer |