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Golem (The) AKA Der Golem, Wie Er In Die Welt Kam (1920)
German Impressionist fantasy horrorDirector: Paul Wegener; Carl Boese
OVERALL: Draw-
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Score unconfirmed)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:2-disc triple feature with Nosferatu (1922) and The Last Laugh (1926).
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Extras:Photo and production drawings gallery
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):None
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Liner note booklet written by Miroslaw Lipinski
No soundtrack at all - total silence
Part of the "The Masterworks of the German Horror Cinema" DVD collection. 2-disc triple feature with Nosferatu (1922), and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1921).
The film has been transferred at the sound speed of 24 frames per second. Action is faster than is natural but is rarely disconcerting. The framing is open, even generous, for a 16mm print. -
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Extras:"The Kingdom of Ghosts: Paul Wegener’s The Golem and the Expressionist Tradition" documentary essay by R Dixon Smith (15:03)
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Subtitles:English Intertitles, German Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD title: Der Golem.
Licensed by Transit Film Munich; restored by the Cineteca del Comune di Bologna at the laboratories of L'Immagine Ritrovata; transferred at 20 frames per second. -
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Extras:Photos and art gallery
Excerpts from Julien Duvivier's 1936 film "Le Golem"
Scene comparison: featuring excerpts of F. W. Murnau's Faust (1926) and Chayim Bloch's book The Golem (1925) -
Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (score by Aljoscha Zimmerman)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Appears also in a 4 disc box set with Nosferatu (1922), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919), Waxworks (1923).
Restored by the Cineteca del Comune di Bologna at the laboratories of L'Immagine Ritovata. -
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Extras:Photo and production drawings gallery
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Subtitles:French Intertitles (unconfirmed)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (score unconfirmed)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD Title: Le Golem
Seems to be the same as the UK Dark Vision disc based on the packaging. -
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Amazon France
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Extras:Photo and poster gallery
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Subtitles:English Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono (score unconfirmed)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:DVD Title: Der Golem
The listing on Amazon has the image from the French KVP "Le Golem" disc, but the barcode is from the Dark Vision "Der Golem" gleaned from DVD Profiler.
The musical track that accompanies the pictures, bears no relation to what happens on-screen.
Bad transfer; seems to be the same as the French KVP disc based on the packaging. -
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OVERALL: Draw
Between the Kino R1 and Eureka R0 UK, for good transfers plus a few extras.
To see ChiaroScuro's comparison of the Elite R0 and Eureka R0 editions, click
GENERAL NOTES:
The film was shot from two angles with the best shots making up "Negative A" meant for the domestic German version and the others for "Negative B" meant for export. The American version of the film did not use the export negative but recut the German version and added English intertitles.
There are no extant prints of the domestic German version and Negative A was thought lost when the Cineteca del Comune di Bologna restored the film in 1995 using the American verison and Negative B. Negative A was discovered at the Belgium archive and was the basis for the 2018 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation restoration which utilized the American version for shots missing from Negative A as well as some material from Negative B while an Italian release print was utilized for grading. -
CUTS:
- R0 German Silent Masterworks Collection America- Ventura Distribution / Slingshot Entertainment - No cuts
- R0 Masterworks of the German Horror Cinema America- Elite Entertainment / The National Film Museum - No cuts (67:45 NTSC)
- R0 United Kingdom- Eureka - No Cuts - 1995 restoration (84:52 PAL)
- R1 German Horror Classics America- Kino Video - No cuts (85:02 NTSC)
- R2 A Great Classic France- KVP - No cuts (68:18 NTSC > PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Dark Vision - No cuts (68:18 NTSC > PAL)
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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 05/11/02
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 07/04/20UPDATE LOG:
05/11/02: Initial entry.
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07/04/20: Added Amazon links.
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