| The Golem | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Paul Wegener Henrik Galeen |
| Produced by | Hanns Lippmann |
| Written by | Paul Wegener Henrik Galeen |
| Starring | Paul Wegener Rudolf Blümner Carl Ebert Henrik Galeen Lyda Salmonova |
| Release date(s) | January 15, 1915 |
| Running time | 60 min. |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent film German intertitles |
Der Golem (German: Der Golem, shown in the USA as The Monster of Fate) is a 1915 silent horror film written and directed by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen. The film is an original work inspired by ancient Jewish legend. It is a long lost film (save for a few fragments). It is the first of three Golem films by Wegener, the others being The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917) and The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920).
In the modern times, an antique dealer (Henrik Galeen) finds a golem (Paul Wegener), a clay statue brought to life by a Rabbi four centuries earlier. The dealer resurrects the golem to use him as a servant, but the golem falls in love with the dealer's wife. As she does not return his love, the golem turns to a series of murders.