The Golem: Horror's First Franchise.
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- 1920’s The Golem, How He Came Into The World, stands alongside the best of German silent horror. It has the scale of Metropolis, the terror of Nosferatu, the stylised visuals of Caligari. It draws on a folk horror tradition and its story of a misunderstood monster struggling with humanity has a rich cinematic legacy. The Golem has a longer history; the lone survivor of cinema’s first horror trilogy.
The score for this release of the Golem was performed by excellent silent film accompanist Stephen Home. stephenhorne.co...
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Summary: The Golem: How He Came into the World is the third of three films that Wegener made featuring the golem, the other two being The Golem (1915) and the short comedy The Golem and the Dancing Girl (1917), in which Wegener dons the golem make-up in order to frighten a young lady with whom he is infatuated. The Golem: How He Came into the World is a prequel to The Golem from 1915 and, as the only one of the three films that has not been lost, is the best known of the series.[
In 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
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Directed and Edited by Graham Trelfer
The Golem, Horror's First Franchise
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side note: in one of the original legends, a rabbi mystic creates the golem out of clay and brings it to life by writing the hebrew word 'life' on its forehead, and bringing it to life by doing so; as the golem grows every day, the rabbi measures his height by seeing how far he must reach to touch the golem's forehead; one day as he is reaching the forehead, he accidently erases the first letter of the word 'life', turning it into the hebrew word for 'death'. the golem reverts to solid clay, topples over, and crushes the rabbi with his huge body, thus destroying both. this illustrates the capacity of a creation to destroy the creator.
I believe the two words are actually אֶמֶת (emet or æmæt)="truth" and מֵת (met or mæt)="dead." The creation of the golem (גולם) of Prague is usually attributed to Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel at the time of the Emperor Rudolf II. ca. 1600 (around the time of James I. of England); Rudolf was a patron of astrologers and magicians, including the infamous Edward Kelley and Dr. John Dee. Judging by the costumes, the movie seems to have moved the action back about 100 years to the reign of Maximillian I. (around the reign of Henry VII. of England), perhaps to strengthen the "medieval fairy-tale" atmosphere. It's interesting that the Rabbi's grimoire in the film warns him that if Uranus should enter the House of the Planets, the demon Astaroth would reclaim control of the Golem-considering that Uranus was not discovered until 1781, long after Rabbi Loew's death in 1609. When the golem story was told by the Czech comedy film "Císařův pekař a pekařův císař" (literally "The Emperor's Baker and the Baker's Emperor," released in the Anglosphere as "The Emperor and the Golem") in 1951, the 17th century setting was restored, though Rabbi Loew was excised in favor of the Italian alchemist Alessandro Scotta.
@@johnreddick7650 wow, great info! Thanks! I heard my story second hand, so that info is interesting!
Should've just used a yard stick
Thanks for that.
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*Literally* a "big star" - Wegener was 6'6"!
Filmmuseum München has announced the upcoming release of a Blu-Ray with a new restoration of the 1920 "Golem", accompanied by the complete version of the original 1920 score, lost for almost 100 years, and found and reconstructed recently.
Up to 25 minutes of recently found footage of the 1915 "Golem" will also be included.
The 1917 "Golem" remains missing, so far...
Will it be released by Kino Lorber? They seem to be Filmmuseum München"s favorite.
Wow,thanks for the update!
The music for The Golem was lost for many years, but the score (by Hans Landsberger) was rediscovered in 2018 and was recorded in 2020. Hopefully the Golem with "new" score will be released soon. Landsberger was Jewish, and sadly ended his days in a prison camp in France during WW2.
These specials are my favorite part of Dark Corners.
Another unqualified success, gentlemen.
Agreed, this kind of retrospective is gold.
Thanks to dark corners for introducing me to horror history. Only just finding the pre 50s horror thanks to you and your amazing channel. Keep up the amazing work
Check out Svengali from 1931 starring John Barrymore. Paul Wegener played the role of Svengali in his film of 1927, so that's the link right there
I'm glad this video was made. The Golem gets unfairly pushed aside when compared to Caligari and Nosferatu
OH! and here I've spent years thinking the scene where Rabbi Loew walks up to the camera was an odd throwback to the early days of cinema when it relied on tableau staging and didn't cut in for closeups. The idea that it was to cover Wegener being moved into shot never occurred to me, cos I don't think I ever noticed it even WAS a single shot until now. And I *definitely* never noticed the second golem until now either. Amazing.
Also, this is the first I've heard about more footage being found from the 1915. In Buenos Aires, too, where the uncut Metropolis was found. What other silent German treasures might be lurking in that archive, I now wonder...
You guys are just getting better and better with your specials. You covered everything I thought of while the video was playing, there wasn't a thing left out.
But they did leave out everything you didn't think of
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Well a few things weren’t mentioned. So you thought you knew EVERYTHING there was to know about the Golem legend/myth? Sorry….that’s just arrogant and naive. Of course you don’t. Know one knows all about any subject. He mentioned the MAIN junk….
@@clubsnatcherthank you! At least one other who grasps that no one can know it ALL on anything.
Another great documentary, Robin! I didn't know too much about The Golem going into this, apart from some of the iconic imagery, but you've done a great job outlining its history and importance. I certainly didn't know how far meta-horror went back! Thank you for making these videos -- they're a rare treat in the sea of slasher-horror docs on Carpenter, Craven, etc. I like them well enough, but yours are so well researched and on topics far more interesting, in my opinion.
Metacommentary and meta-humour in fiction go back a lot farther than most people realize - parodies of musical film tropes predate both the modern musical and motion pictures, for instance (the cast of The Pirates of Penzance prepare to sneak into an estate in one scene, then burst into a loud, bombastic musical number about how stealthy they're being, meaning that people have been joking about how silly it is for characters in musicals to randomly start singing since at least 1879.)
Another side note: the robot "gort" in "the day the earth stood still" is also a modern golem; the movie implies that the alien is jesus, his female friend is the disciple mary, her boyfriend is judas.
Edit: someone also reminded me the alias that he takes is "carpenter", lol
Is that a Golem? I thought the Golem was a clay sculpture brought to life with a reenactment of Man's creation according to the Torah, charged with protecting the Czech Jews.
@@shaolin1derpalm to be clear, he "represents" the golem. The entire movie is a reinterpretation of ancient religious stories
You misunderstand; Gort is the master
I would love to see a modern, non CG take on the Golem. It's been treated a few times, but mostly taking it away from it's legend. Excellent channel! New subscriber!
There's a fun one in the later seasons of Supernatural
Wow. I’m impressed by your knowledge of movie history. I’m 57 and there are many who are unaware of The Golem, let alone the talent of Wegener. ❤️
I was fascinated with this character as a young horror film fan, writing (at age 9) a an epic, 5 page script for a never to be realized version of my own. Thank you for reviving my interest in this character and expanding-as you always do so well-my prior knowledge. I had no idea of the complexity of Wengener's career.
Thank you so much for covering this hidden gem of film history. Not only is it one of the earliest examples of a film trilogy, it also includes a prequel. Both of which, I'm sure most are aware wouldn't become commonplace for decades yet to come. Mentioning this movie and its contributions to the industry to anyone interested in film history almost always leads to a genuinely interesting conversation of discovery and/or analysis. Thank you for doing your part to maintain public awareness of this film and its proper place in cinematic history.
fantastic review of a very special film, this was well worth the wait. Robin, I wonder, have you ever read Siegfried Kracauer's "From Caligari to Hitler"? it is an excellent source of important information on early german cinema, and its reflection on the psychological trouble of the german people at the time.
I have read it. I don't agree with all his theories but it's a mine of information about now forgotten films of that era.
Kracauer's entire thesis is, IMO, garbage. He ignores a lot of context, both historical and textual. In terms of history, a lot of the people working in Weimar era cinema were Jewish themselves, so implicating them in the rise of Nazism is uncomfortable at best and ridiculous at worst. And in terms of text, he glosses over a lot of the ambiguity in the films he discusses in favor of a deterministic reading. Case in point, he reads the ending of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as straightforwardly triumphant, a victory of sanity and conformity over madness. But that reading relies on the audience ignoring blatantly sinister cues like the asylum director being played by the same actor as Caligari himself. Kracauer sells short both the filmmakers and their audiences. Like John D. Barlow said, Kracauer is basically saying that the film glorifies authoritarianism "just because it has not made a preachy statement against it," and that's a remarkably facile bit of analysis from a critic.
Don't get me wrong: Kracauer and his Frankfurt School contemporaries were vitally important in the development of film criticism, and the fact that we have serious critical discussion of films like the Golem trilogy or Caligari today owes much to his precedent. But his analysis itself is not good, IMO.
Thank you, Robin, for a truly remarkable analysis of a true silent film classic. I appreciated how you made the connection between "The Golem" and James Whale's 2 Frankenstein films
I only became aware of the Golem from the X-Files episode that featured one. You guys are top notch at fleshing out horror genre history.
A golem later appeared in the show Supernatural, which shared some producers with the X-Files.
For me it was the Simpsons.
Man, I love watching y’all mock ‘50s drive in or VHS bargain bin movies, but these mini documentaries on cinematic milestones are just beautiful. Have a good day today and a better one tomorrow Dark Corners!
The architecture of the ghetto (that seashell staircase!) is like art nouveau on acid.
Been subscribed to your channel for several years now. Honestly, this special presentation easily falls into the Top 3 that you have given us. Thank you.
Paul Wegener made the golem in his own image - what a fantastic observation!
I will forever be impressed at your research into these films, and your clear love of the subjects. Thank you.
Highly interesting *THX Robin* movies that never age: Frankenstein...Invisible Man ...Jekyll & Hyde
Why are you not on a bigger stage you are the true keeper of the flame of horror cinema
Another masterpiece of documentary making! Nothing on Television today comes close.
Excellent job on the video, Robin and Graham. The amount of research you put into these specials is always informative, no matter how much I may think I know about the subject. I never knew there were previous Golem films, let alone that the most famous Golem film was itself a prequel. Comparing The Golem to the 2011 prequel "The Thing" was a bit much, but I know you were basically doing a comparison by concept only.
Oh boy, there are so many horror franchises that are worth listing from best to worst. For simplicity's sake, I will go with the easiest franchise list. The JAWS franchise from best to worst: Jaws (1975), Jaws 2 (1978), Jaws 3-D (1983) and Jaws: The Revenge (1987).
I had no idea they found more of the first movie! Hopefully it'll be available to see at some point. I'm also fascinated by the way they designed the ghetto, really explains the unique look.
I hope you incorporate footage from the original 1915 film along with photographs from it as well as its 1917 sequel The Golem and the Dancing Girl. Some say there is only 1 surviving image that appears on its Wikipedia page and on The Lost Media Wiki but if you head over to IMDB, you'll find there are more photos from that lost film including one of production designer / actor Rochus Gliese dressed as the Golem.
See, this Golem looks SO much better than the one Roddy McDowell reanimated! 🤣
Reminds me of the teachings of Chabad Lubawitsch.
EXCELLENT! Greetings and appreciation from Germany!
Dark Corners Reviews once again thank you for your excellent presentation. Take good care looking forward to your next content soon as possible 🖤💜
I love seeing the side by side comparison of the 1915/1920 The Golem, incredible! I didn't know that a reel of the 1915 Golem has been found!
Leave it to a German to make a sympathetic protagonist who is both Culprit and Victim.
Superior Storytelling, as to be expected.
Amongst the best stories with Golems in them are Terry Pratchett's "Feet of Clay", "Going Postal" and "Making Money".
Of course, with the stories being set on Discworld they're not completely the same as the traditional Jewish Golem, but Pratchett stays close to the source while giving them quite the interesting story arc inside of his world. As the original Golems they're turned "alive" by a "Chem", in this case the paper (or clay tablet with older models) is kept in a Golem's head which, if the Golem allows it, can be flipped open to give access to it.
In "Feet of Clay" they start as mere tools - machines made out of clay by an ancient civilization, but a murder case that keeps the City Watch of Ankh Morpork busy that involves a Golem definitely changes that. At the end one of the Golems, Dorfl, even gets his own voice (traditional Discworld Golems are mute) and joins the Watch to become a respected Constable.
Later there is the "Golem Trust", a society founded by the first few free Golems (the aftermath of Feet of Clay). They keep on working in their jobs, but now for wage - and they use the money to buy more Golems into freedom. And apparently the method that was used to give Dorfl his voice was repeated a few times, since we meet more talking ones in the future.
I believe the claims that the full movie of Der Golem 1915 being discovered is largely rumours and speculation, as no sources or evidence of its full-ness has been made. Only source of the claim was by Donald Glut who says the full film is in the hands of a European collector. Who this collector is, where he is and if he still has it is unknown.
My interpretation is that the Jews were sympathetic victims. The Problem in the film, however, is not so much the antisemitism of the villagers (though that is *a* problem, it seems more of the background crisis against which the actual central question is asked). It lies, I believe, instead in the *response* to hatred and persecution. The Rabbi's illicit means may be allowed to save his people for a time, but they come at too high a price. Though he has little screen time, the real villain of the film is the demon who preys on the good intentions of the Rabbi. The crisis to be resolved is the pious Rabbi's willingness to deal with the devil and the unfolding consequences of that choice.
In other words, it is not a story of the Jews vs. their Gentile oppressors, but one which asks "How far are we allowed to go in reaction to persecution." It is a question the Jewish community has had to be in almost constant internal debate over for many many centuries.
In the end, the murderous "monster", the furious result of broken taboos, is checked by humanity and child-like innocence. "The Enemy" of the Ghetto are shown to be human and capable of innocence (at least as children), the Golem that was created in anger and desperation shows himself capable of peace and humane contentment, and the Rabbi (though an incredibly sympathetic character) must shoulder the consequences of his terrible choice.
The message in the ending is not "Group A are the good guys, and group B are the bad guys," but that "Humanity and Innocence are stronger than hate, violence, and desperation."
This can be seen by the fact that the lesson would work equally as well as a caricatured critique of Nazi racial ideology. Had the German people been the oppressed victims, the Golem replaced by an Aryan Superman intrusted with saving the "besieged" German people, the "deal with the devil" paradigm would still work and the lesson would be largely the same. Both giving reign to the "Fuhrer" as savior of his people, and the making of the Golem, were demonic bargains which would inevitably create a monster capable of bringing to ruin its own creators it was meant to save.
So you see, the fact that the theme would work either way around shows that it is not dependent on who the "good guys" or "bad guys," are, but it is actually a discussion of how the "good guys" (whoever they may be) stay good in spite of temptations to turn to darker methods.
It looks like the Elden Ring Crystalians (maybe this was used as inspiration)
Robin that was brilliant . I was unaware of the earlier Golem films and much of the information in your narration . Excellent work 👏👏👏
A movie franchise can be a great treasure , but be careful not to run it into the ground. Hammer had great franchise with both its Dracula and Frankenstein series. But it didn't know when enough was enough. Universal on the other hand knew when to stop; once you use your monsters in a comedy ( A&C MEET FRANKENSTEIN) you know you hit the end of the road. I would have say my two favorite franchises were THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON series , the original PLANET OF THE APE series and the DEAD series. The movie WAXWORK has The Golem in it ( star in chest ).
Excellent coverage of this oft-forgotten bit of cinema history, gents. Bravo 🙂
A truly wonderful documentary on this lesser known horror classic. Thank you!
Silent horror needs to be a more covered topic on RUclips.
I'd love to see a review of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still, with Michael Rennie. The importance of it as an influence cannot be stressed. It just makes the remake look even worse.
this was soooo good!!! more longer videos from this channel please!
The Golem has desperately needed a proper treatment for so long. You nailed it again.
Perhaps, for your next retrospective, you could talk about Universal's forgotten horror franchise; that of Paula the Ape Woman. The films in her trilogy, of course, being Captive Wild Woman (1943), Jungle Woman (1944), and Jungle Captive (1945). Something a bit more lighthearted and tongue-in-cheek.
Never heard of that one!
@@ThreadBomb that's kinda my point.
Actually Rabbi Loew used Kabbalistic magic, not Black magic. From what I understand there were several Golems made but this one made by Rabbi loew was most notable. The hermunculas or golem is known in Alchemy.
I think for context of the film, it was black magick since it summoned a demon and because Christians wouldn't understand the difference between Kabbalah and Black Magick
I really enjoy these vids ..so interesting on how things were viewed back then...I love media history !! ❤️❤️
14:44 That's not the Wandering Jew. That's Moses. The image is a depiction of the Exodus.
Great video. Keep 'em coming!
Hi Dark Corners, Golem also appeared in Czeckoslovakien Comedy from 1951 The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (ruclips.net/video/Nt9XqxmcCEY/видео.html)
That was a very good and informative video.
I could have sworn there was a Hammer films version of the Golem story… checked IMDB But doesn’t seem to be there… hmmm some similar idea in a hammer film maybe? Not sure what I was thinking of
Now that I've seen the special, I have a better understanding of some of the aspects of Robin's book. The end of the film, however is less sad.
I just can't get over that helmet hair! Interesting that the original makeup for Frankenstein was closer to the Golem, which may in part be why Lugosi rejected the role.
Prince Valiant cut.
Ben Affleck has a bit of that haircut in The Last Duel. 😄
Horror? I guess nothing is scarier to a 1920s German than a powerful supernatural protector against Jewish oppression and false accusations.
Adam from the Bible was a Golem and I was thinking this was going to be a theistic video. But I was surprised to see this was a movie video and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
What mind-blowing images of The Golem - those sets - brilliant designs by Hans and Marlene Poelzig, that have a distinct reflection of the quirky architecture of old Czech buildings - the art design, the Golem makeup, special effects, lighting, script, cinematography and overall direction. All decades ahead of its time, and like Metropolis, stands firm today in its effectiveness.
Informative and well presented commentary.
WOOOOOOW fantstic channel discovered today! Hi from Italy!
Character version of the director from the golem and the dancing girl is the biggest creep in any film ever he dresses as the monster in his film just be with girl (my profile picture makes it looks like I'm too stupid to watch this video)
Another wonderful work my dude. An amazing work indeed.
Oh wow I had no idea this was the third movie. I just assumed there were a few sequels to this one
You have to remember everyone leaned heavy into stereotypes but then. It was storytelling shorthand.
The sets for the ghetto are wonderful.
Thanks for another wonderful, informative video.
I must say that "There is a link in the description below" seems an odd title for a book about a Golem.
Thank-you once again Robin and the Dark Corners Reviews team!
Another top-notch presentation.
Greatly appreciate all the effort that goes into providing these specials.
Great history of a forgotten classic. I had just watched a recently made film from 2018 about a golem and was reminded of this from film books I had read when younger. Really enjoyed your history.
I'm glad that you showed this I really like these old films especially the old German films and you named every one of them from Dr callegari to Frankenstein to Nosferatu and of course the family featured thank you for doing so to show in cinema was to show people and entertain people instead of having to have filth and all that kind of things in it
I now see where the Simpsons came up for their Golem design in their Treehouse of Horror "You gotta know when to Golem."
great coverage of the films - you should start your own movie network . You seem to dig up a lot of films i never learned of . I'm 65 and a life long horror fan .
What an insightful, knowledgable, well researched program about a subject which should be better known. I especially appreciated the point you raised of how the dark magic theme, while central to the stories, were also one of the basises of traditional prejudices against the Jews by the Christians and was used by the Nazis. The picture of young, blond children sitting on the Golem foretold Hilter Youth. Bravo to both of you!
I didnt know The Golem = Sia's great grandpa
I really loved this video. Am glad you did this and gave it the respect and love it deserves. I don't know if it is a perfect telling and it's not for me to decide. I just know it brought many enjoyment and helped inspire many.
Many thanks for another fine job, Robin. Hope that other reel of the film becomes available soon.
This movie is over 100 years old!
I applaud the makeup and special effects. Impressive for the 1920s. I’m now curious of other older effects heavy films. It would be fun for the corridor crew to review these, too!
Now I understand the Simpson reference
Now I know why this is one of your favorites Robin. It's incredible. Do you think the found footage will ever be released?
Apparently it is being restored and a release is planned.
@@robinbailes5236 fantastic!
Great essay!
Also super influenced-by The Golem is The Snowman by Raymond Briggs (seriously) which was then 'remade' as The Keep by Michael Mann!
There is even a cover of Walking in the Air by Tangerine Dream on the soundtrack to The Keep 😅
Needs to be heard (and seen) if at all possible!
My favourite horror trilogy is still Universal's Frankenstein. Yeah, there are more movies than that, but if you count just the Boris Karloff "A" movies, that's easily my favourite horror franchise of all time, and there's definitely some Golem influence when it comes to the Frankenstein monster, right down to the monster's curious fondness of children.
So did Universal actually purchase the rights to make a Golem movie? That's what it sounded like to me...
Apparently they planned to but did not.
Honestly, I prefer Ghost and House to Son of Frankenstein. Atwill and Lugosi are enjoyable, but Rathbone's shouting is irritating, and the film drags in the second half.
I did get to see the Cabinet of Dr Caligroi, can you do a video on the Phantom of the Paradise, Funnyman and Zombeavers?
Blood Diner
@@wadeheaton123 what?
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Blood Diner was one of my favorites, when I was 11 years old, and I turned many friends on to it through high school.
Such an insane movie.
I would love to see a review of "Phantom of Paradise" too. Far out movie with a great soundtrack.
@@srstriker6420 Cheap Sci-Fi Horror Satire. Phantom of the Paradise is a Sumptuous a Rock Opera. Blood Diner is cheesy and sleazy and Hilarious.
Edna Mode go hard
here is my list in order
1 GOLEM
2 DRACULA
3 FRANKENSTINE
4 THE MUMMY
5 THE EXORSIST
6 HALLOWEEN
7 NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
Looks great, good job as always.
This reminds me of that Simpsons episode.
Found it, there was a 1967 Hammer films production with Roddy McDowell called “It!” with the exclamation point in the title. This movie is like impossible to find now because the Stephen King movie really owns the title “It”
Nowadays. I remember seeing this on TV randomly when I was 8 years old and there’s a scene where he puts the scroll in the mouth of the statue to bring it to life that always stuck with me
here is our review of it. ruclips.net/video/Lm_R-jXKATM/видео.html
Isn't The Hunchback of Notre Dame horror's first franchise?
Esmeralda (1905) short film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1911) silent film
The Darling of Paris (1917) silent film
Thanks!
Many thanks!
I guarantee Hitler hated this movie
The golem was the 1st Frankenstein
Yet another fantastic retrospective! This is superb
Superb essay, sir! Thoroughly researched and lovingly presented- your long-form videos never fail to impress. BRAVO!!
...and is it just me, or does Wegener's Golem bear an uncanny resemblance to Alex Jones?...
Holy shit, THAT'S what he keeps reminding me of!
Really interesting documentary! Lots of info that I had no idea about.
Thanks so much. Love your specials.
I got to see this on stream.
Another fascinating film! Thank you!!
Gustav Meyrink's The Golem is the dullest book I ever tried to read: goodness knows why, it's a great theme. Much more suited to the screen!
Yeah. Amazingly there are some textbooks that say the film is based on that book!
The whole second reel of the 1914/15 DER GOLEM in which the Golem comes to life can be seen in this excellent power point program done by the director of Munich's film museum. There's also fascinating information and rare documents concerning all three of Wegener's Golem films. Henry Nicolella Conferencia I Der Golem (1915), un trabajo colaborativo de archivos
You forgot to mention the part where the Golem marries a she-golem made of Play-Doh and voiced by Fran Drescher.
If anyone wanted to do a Paul Wegener biopic or a throwback version of Der Golem, casting Dave Bautista is a no-brainer.