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Der Golem 1915 - Considered the First Horror Film

submitted by wildmanBill

1 decade 7 years 2 months ago

The Golem (original German name Der Golem, also known as The Monster of Fate) is a 1915 silent horror directed and written by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. The film is based on the book The Golem by Gustav Meyrink, who is also credited as a writer for the film. The film is an early example of the German Expressionism school of filmmaking. It was seminal in the development of the horror film genre.

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This is the 1920 film version, 'The Golem and How He Came Into the World', not the 1915 version of 'The Golem' as stated. The earlier 1915 version is lost except for a few stills and fragments. It was only an hour long and was set in then modern times, not the sixteenth century.

Neither film has anything to do with the Gustav Meyrink novel (read the excellent Mike Mitchell translation and find out for yourself). The book uses the Golem legend in an entirely novel (pun intended) way. If Meyrink had anything to do with the films, that would be news to me.... The Wikipedia entry for the novel 'The Golem' states, "The novel was not, despite contrary claims, the basis for three films, both [sic] realized by Paul Wegener. Both [sic] films rather adapt the original Golem legend."

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