The Golem (Meyrink)

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The Golem is a novel written by Gustav Meyrink in 1914.

First published in serial form as Der Golem in 1913-14 in the periodical Die weissen Blätter, The Golem was published in book form in 1915 by Kurt Wolff, Leipzig. The Golem was Meyrink's first novel.

[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The novel was the immediate basis for two films, both realized by Paul Wegener.

• The first, The Golem, filmed in 1914, has been lost.
• The second, The Golem: How He Came Into the World, made in 1920, survives.