The Golem

I feel like shouting from the roof tops, I finally got to see The Golem, the 1920 German classic. It was marvelous. Do seek it out if you can. I was lucky enough to see this edition, the Kino Video.

The cinematographer on The Golem was the famous Karl Freund, who ended his illustrious career as the camera man for the I Love Lucy show. No wonder they looked so good, of course I knew who Karl Freund was, but did not know he started his career so many many years ago. He worked on his first film in 1912. He also was the cinematographer for Metropolis, Dracula 1931, The Good Earth, and many many other great films.

Karl Freund (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005713/)
And, uncredited, as a set designer on The Golem was Edgar G Ulmer, the director of the classic Detour and of course many other films.

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The Golem
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"Der Golem" is one of the classics of silent film history. One of the most amazing films I've ever seen ... silent or not. It ranks right up there with "Nosferatu", "Cabinet of Dr. Calagari" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" as one of our horror movie, nay, cinematic roots. I luvs me my Golem.

"Der Golem" is one of the classics of silent film history. One of the most amazing films I've ever seen ... silent or not. It ranks right up there with "Nosferatu", "Cabinet of Dr. Calagari" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame" as one of our horror movie, nay, cinematic roots. I luvs me my Golem.Yes our cinematic roots, well said. I was just enthralled with the movie. The sets were so utterly fantastic.

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The pub the vampire group used to meet in had monitors showing old silent classics. I often sat at the bar, supping my pint and watching the likes of 'Faust', 'Nosferatu' and on a couple of occasions, 'Der Golem'. It is a real silent gem....

It is a real silent gem....

Nothing I can add to that except my profound agreement.

The pub the vampire group used to meet in had monitors showing old silent classics. I often sat at the bar, supping my pint and watching the likes of 'Faust', 'Nosferatu' and on a couple of occasions, 'Der Golem'. It is a real silent gem....What a great story. How fun would that be.

I watched it twice, it was just so fantastic. And I posted this bit of info in The Third Man thread, but will repeat it here.

Byron pointed out something interesting to me. The rabbi's weasly assistant Famulus, played by Ernst Deutsch, was Baron Kurtz in The Third Man.