The Golem

Data
Title: Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
Year: 1920
Length: 85 minutes
Directors: Carl Boese & Paul Wegener
Writers: Henrik Galeen & Paul Wegener
Starring: Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück
With: Lyda Salmonova, Ernst Deutsch, Hans Stürm, Max Kronert, Otto Gebühr, Lothar Müthel
Music: Aljoscha Zimmermann
Cinematography: Karl Freund, Guido Seeber
I saw it: on video (rented from Greencine), yesterday
Synopsis: a rabbi uses dark magic to create a guardian monster

My reaction
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Special effects/design: Although, I'm tempted to take a point off for bad font.
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Subjective Rating: 5/10 (Indifferent, ). Typical German Expressionism: great sets, horrible over-acting, comically simple characters, and boring to watch.  I guess you could say that this is to Frankenstein what Nosferatu is to Dracula - except that no one in their right mind would try to argue that this is better than Frankenstein.  Also, it's difficult to watch a movie about persecuted German Jews without seeing it in a post-WWII context (I don't know whether that's good or bad for the film, but at least it provides something to think about while you're waiting for the inane romantic subplot to play out).
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