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The Legend of The Golem
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Before Frankenstein there was The Golem!
Synopsis
All goes well as long as the rabbi remembers to shut down The Golem on Friday to keep the Sabbath/Shabbas. But one time the rabbi forgets, and The Golem goes on a rampage.
The story of The Golem has many variations, but the basic tale has a Jewish rabbi/rebbe bring life to a clay figure to protect the Jewish community from pogroms of some sort or of general discrimination. The Golem is unable to speak, though it understands whatever language is spoken to it. The Golem is controlled by placing a word written on paper or other material in The Golem's mouth or forehead, and deactivated by removing that writing.
The second major variation is that The Golem falls in love with the rabbi's daughter, and when he communicates that to her she rejects him – and then he goes on a rampage.
History of The Legend
After the year 1900, the oral traditions of The Golem were reproduced or expanded in various media. Such modern literary works include: "Wonders of The Maharal: The Golem of Prague (Niflaos Maharal: Ha Golem al Prague)" [Warsaw, 1909] by Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg [1859-1935]; "The Golem" [1914 novel] by Gustav Meyrink; "The Golem" stageplay by H. Leivick [Yiddish version 1921, Broadway stageplay 1948]; "El Golem" poem [1964] by Jorge Luis Borges; "The Golem" [1969 novel] by Isaac Bashevis Singer; "Golem XIV" [1981 novel] by Stanislaw Lem; and "The Golem" children's book [1983] written by Elie Wiesel. Works about The Golem on film & television include: Paul Wegener's silent film trilogy - "The Golem" [1915 lost film], "The Golem and The Dancing Girl" sequel comedy [1917 lost film], and "The Golem: How He Came Into The World" horror prequel [Germany 1920]; "Le Golem" [1936] a French/Czechoslovakian film directed by Julien Duvivier; the horror film "It!" [1967] directed by Herbert J. Leder; the Golem trilogy written & directed by Amos Gitai, 1991-93; and "The Limehouse Golem" [2017] — along with many others for film & television.
First mentioned in the Book of Psalms in the Hebrew Bible, the word 'golem' is not used. The earliest tales in literature of an artificial man include the Legend of The Golem, recorded in the Jewish Talmud circa 200 C.E. The creation of The Golem from clay or mud is described in many ways, including by magic spell. The earliest known written tales of The Golem date to circa 1200 C.E.; oral versions of the legend existed in Poland and Prague circa 1580, in Germany circa 1625, and in Lithuania 1750-1820.
More recent variants include 'Dungeons & Dragons', many video games, and several comic book series and graphic novels.
Literary Works
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"Niflaos Maharal: Ha Golem Al Prague (Wonders of The Maharal: The Golem of Prague" [Warsaw, 1909]
Rabbi Yudel Rosenberg [1859-1935] originated the idea that the golem narrative dates from the time of the Maharal; this collection of stories is framed as an eyewitness
account of the Maharal's son-in law, based on a manuscript at the library in Metz; the book is considered to be a modern hoax, albeit a work of important influence.
 | "The Golem and The Wondrous Deeds of The Maharal of Prague" [2007] by Yudl Rosenberg, Translated by Prof. Curt Leviant Kindle Edition from Yale Univ Press [2007 edition] for $9.99 Yale Univ Press 7¼x5¾ pb [8/2008] for $22.50 Yale Univ Press 7¼x5¾ hardcover [5/2007] out of print/used |
 | "The Maharal: The Mystical Philosophy of Rabbi Judah Loew of Prague" [1977] by Ben Zion Bokser Jason Aronson, Inc./Rowman & Littlefield 8¾x6 hardcover [7/77] out of print/used |
 | "The Maharal of Prague: The Story of Rabbi Yehudah Loew" [1992] by Yaacov Dovid Shulman C.I.S. 9x6¼ pb [1992] out of print/used C.I.S. 9x6 hardcover [1992] out of print/used |
"The Golem" [1914 novel] by Gustav Meyrink [1868-1932]
 | "The Prague Golem: Jewish Stories of The Ghetto" [1920] by Chajim Bloch [1881-1973] Vitalis 8¼x5½ pb [2007] out of print/used Rudolf Steiner Publns mass pb [1972] out of print/scarce author entry at Wikipedia Germany |
"The Golem: A Dramatic Poem In Eight Scenes" [1921] by H. Leivick
"El Golem" poem [1964] by Jorge Luis Borges
 | "The Golem" children's book [Yiddish 1969, English 1981] by Isaac Bashevis Singer [1902-91], Illustrated by Uri Schulevitz First published in The Jewish Daily Forward in Yiddish; rewritten and translated into English in 1981. FS&G BFYR 8½x6¼ pb [10/96] out of print/used FS&G BFYR 8½x6¼ pb [10/96] out of print/used Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover [1983] out of print/many used Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover [1983] out of print/many used |
 | "Rogue Golem" [1977] a science fiction novel by Ernest M. Kenyon [1920-80] "The revolt of the androids. A shock-filled chronicle of the New Order on Earth." Popular Library mass pb [1977] out of print/used |
"Golem XIV" [1981 novel] by Stanislaw Lem
 | "The Golem" children's book [1983] As told by Elie Wiesel [1928-2016], Illustrated by Mark Podwal Summit Books 8½x6½ hardcover [9/83] out of print/many used |
 | "Carland Cross: The Golem" comic book [1990] by writer Olivier Grenson & illustrator Michel Oleffe London. Mid-1930s. In a city engulfed in fog, crime is everywhere. And with it, terror and horror. Carland Cross is launched on the trail of a mysterious assassin, pointing out one by one the strangest clues. Could the Golem, the terrible living statue, be in London, with his cursed procession of corpses recalled to life? Soleil Prodns 11¾x9 comic book [4/2002] import scarce Gallimard Editions 11½x8¾ comic book [1990] import scarce "Carland Cross" TV series [1996] 26 half-hour episodes were broadcast on French television, and later in Spain; episode #6 was "The Golem"; only 5 episodes appear on the IMDB series entry |
Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series [41 novels, 1983-2015] includes a race of creatures called Golems
"Davey's Hanukkah Golem" children's book [9/1991] by David Gantz
http://www.amazon.com/Daveys-Hanukkah-Golem-David-Gantz/dp/0827603800/
 | "Golem: A Giant Made of Mud" [ages 2-4; 1995] by Mark Podwal Greenwillow 11¼x9 hardcover [10/95] out of print/many used Greenwillow 11¼x8¾ library hardcover [10/95] out of print/used |
"Golem" [1996 picture book] written and illustrated by David Wisniewski
"The Puttermesser Papers" [1997 novel] by Cynthia Ozick
A modern Jewish woman creates a female golem out of the dirt in her flowerpots to serve as the daughter she never had;
the golem helps Puttermesser become elected Mayor of New York before it begins to run out of control.
"The Golem's Mighty Swing" graphic novel [2001] by James Sturm
A 1920s Jewish baseball team creates a golem to help them win their games.
 | "Le Golem" [2004] by Dino Battaglia
Mosquito Editions 12x9 hardcover [3/2004] import/used |
 | "The Golem: A New Translation of The Classic Play and Selected Short Stories" [2006] Translated by Joachim Neugroschel contains new English translations of: "The Golem" [1909] by Yudl Rosenberg; selections from "Yiddish Folktales & Legends" [circa 1920] by Shloyme Bastomski; "The Golem" stageplay [1921] by H. Leivick; and "The Golem" story [1922] by Dovid Frishman W.W. Norton & Co. deckle-edge 8½x6 hardcover [8/2006] for $25.63 |
 | "The Golem of Prague" [2007] by T. Kuperman
ArtScroll Mesorah 11x8½ hardcover [2007] out of print/used Amazon's low integrity: the credited author does not match the book cover, also dimensions are incorrect publisher's book page (closed on Shabbas) |
 | "The Strange Case of The Golem of Taos (A Truish Tale)" mystery novel [2012] by David Carson a murdered woman is plastered in mud on the back of an old adobe church Kindle Edition from Wolfchild Press [10/2012] for $3.00 {sic} Wolfchild Press 9x6 pb [10/2012] for $18.00 |
 | "The Golem and The Jinni: A Novel" [#1 = 2013] by Helene Wecker 'story weaves Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction, and magical fable into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale'; set in Turn of The Century New York City Kindle Edition from Harper [4/2013] for $7.99 Harper Perennial Olive mass pb [10/2020] for $9.99 Harper Perennial deckle-edge 8¼x5½ pb [12/2013] for $13.88 Harper 9x6 hardcover [4/2013] for $13.74 |
 | "Golem's Shadow: The Fall of Sherlock Holmes" [2015] by Petr Macek
1903 is a dark time for Holmes: Irene Adler has died and he is back on the cocaine; Watson hopes to spark Holmes's interest with a seemingly simple marriage fraud case, and when it leads to far Bohemia – somebody leaves a corpse on the grave of famed Rabbi Loew in Prague – they take off in pursuit. Kindle Edition from M.X. Publng [12/2016] for $6.99 M.X. Publng pb [3/2015] out of print/used |
 | "Golemchik" comic book [grades 6 & up; 2015] by William Exley Abandoned by his friends for the summer, a young boy goes searching for fun – and finds a golem on the prowl for the same; but the boy soon realizes that golems don’t know how to take it easy, and to save his town, he’ll have to get his new friend under control! • official book site Nobrow Press, U.K. mass pb [2/2015] out of print/used Nobrow Press, U.K. 9¼x6¾ pb [6/2015] for $5.95 KomFederatsiia Russian-language pb [2017] for $21.77 |
 | "Le Golem du Ghetto: Le Mystère du Géant de Prague" [YA 2015] by Sylvie Baussier The year 1580: When the false 'blood libel' against the Jews of Prague reaches the ears of the Emperor, he decides to expell the Jews; so, to protect his people, Rabbi Loew secretly creates a golem . . . Oskar French-language 7½x5¾ pb [10/2015] import/used |
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"The Golem of Hampstead and Other Stories" [2017] by J. Jacob Potashnik, Foreword by David Gow eight original stories in English, with glossary of Yiddish terms Kindle Edition from Penny-A-Page Press [3/2017] for $9.99 Penny-A-Page Press 9x6 pb [2/2017] for $20.00 |
 | "The Golem: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" [2017] by R.J. Shively Professor VanHelsing writes asking for help, so Holmes & Watson travel to Prague . . . Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [3/2017] for $2.99 |
 | "L'Ombre du Golem (The Shadow of The Golem)" [2017] by Éliette Abécassis, Illustrated by Benjamin Lacombe French-language Kindle Edition from Flammarion Jeunesse [9/2017] for $19.99 {sic} Flammarion Jeunesse 10½x7½ French-language hardcover [9/2017] import/used |
religionist Jeff Einstein started writing a online serial novel "The Golem and The Messiah"
in August 2020; four silly chapters included here for completists
 | "The Hidden Palace: A Novel of The Golem and The Jinni" [#2 = 2021] by Helene Wecker
Set in Turn of The Century New York City; new characters are Park Avenue heiress Sophia Winston, tempestuous female jinni Dima, a little girl named Kreindel, and a male golem named Yossele Kindle Edition from Harper [6/2021] for $14.99 Harper 9x6 deckle-edge hardcover [6/2021] for $24.49 |
Movies & Television
search DVDs on keyword 'golem' {returns 50+ items} at Amazon
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"Der Golem" silent feature
[Deutsche Bioscop GmbH Germany Jan 1915]
 | An antiques dealer finds a golem and brings it to life as his servant. The Golem falls in love with the dealer's daughter, but she does not return his love, so The Golem commits a series of murders. Co-produced by Hanns Lippmann; co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Paul Wegener; co-written & co-directed by Henrik Galeen; starring Paul Wegener {as The Golem}, Henrik Galeen, Lyda Salmonova, Rudolf Blümner, Robert A. Dietrich, Carl Ebert, Jakob Tiedtke {this film is considered lost} - although fragments exist full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Der Golem und Die Tänzerín (The Golem and The Dancing Girl)"
sequel comedy film [Deutsche Bioscop GmbH Germany Jan 1917]
 | As a practical joke, an actor impersonates the screen monster that he made famous • Produced by Paul Davidson; written & co-directed by and starring Paul Wegener; co-directed by and starring Rochus Gliese; also starring Lyda Salmonova, Wilhelm Diegelmann, Fritz Feld, Emilie Kurz, Wilhelm Schmidt, Erich Schönfelder, Friedrich Veilchenfeld, Ernst Waldow
{this film is considered lost} - except for 8 minutes recently found (unconfirmed) full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
horror prequel in 5 chapters [U.F.A. Germany Oct 1920]
"Le Golem, or The Golem: The Legend of Prague"
[France Feb 1936, USA March 1937]
 | French/Czechoslovakian remake of the 1920 Wegener silent film, also described as based on a stageplay by Czech avant-garde writing team George Voskovec & Jan Werich • Co-written & directed by Julien Duvivier; co-written by André-Paul Antoine & Josef Kodícek; starring Harry Baur, Roger Karl, Charles Dorat, Roger Duchesne, Raymond Aimos, Gaston Jacquet, Ferdinand Hart {as Le Golem}, Germaine Aussey, Jany Holt, Truda Grosslichtová, Alfred Bastýr, Julien Carette, Jan Cerný, Marcel Dalio, Frantisek Jerhot, Antonín Jirsa, F.X. Mlejnek, Stanislav Neumann, Robert Ozanne, Karel Schleichert, Walter Schorsch
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Císaruv Pekar, Pekaruv Císar (The Emperor and The Golem)"
[Czechoslovakia Jan 1952, Artkino USA Jan 1955]
 | A two-part 'historical fantasy comedy film' in color; the emperor and a lookalike baker trade lives, the other main characters are an alchemist and a golem; released as: Czech long version 144 minutes, USA version 110 minutes, Czech short version 112 minutes • Co-written & directed by Martin Fric; co-written by & starring Jan Werich {dual role}; co-written by Jirí Brdecka; also starring Marie Vásová, Natasa Gollová, Bohus Záhorský, Jirí Plachý, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Filipovský, Frantisek Cerný, Václav Trégl, Vladimír Leraus, Milos Nedbal, Bohus Hradil {as Tycho de Brahe}, Frantisek Holar, Vladimír Repa, Lubomír Lipský, Theodor Pistek, Bohumil Bezouska, Felix Le Breux, Josef Kemr, Fanda Mrázek, Ota Motycka, Miroslav Svoboda, Jan S. Kolár, Milos Kopecký, Eliska Kucharová, Josef Hlinomaz, Alois Dvorský, Jana Werichová, Eva Jirousková, Gustav Hrdlicka, Frantisek Miroslav Doubrava, Marie Nademlejnská, Vladimír Svitácek, Ladislav Rychman, Vera Chytilová, Anna Pitasová, Jaroslav Vlk, Antonín Soukup, Václav Svec, Antonín Jirsa, Martin Raus, Emanuel Kovarík
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia Filmexport Home Video subtitled b&w DVD [undated] 2 disks for $39.00 in PAL format only Filmexport Home Video subtitled b&w DVD [undated] 2 disks import/used in PAL format only watch Czech-language (no subtitles) version online at YouTube: part 1 [1/2018 upload; 1:19:40] • part 2 not yet available |
"Le Golem" TV movie [O.R.T.F. France Feb 1967]
 | 1-hour 55-minute b&w film based on Gustav Meyrink's 1920 novel • Co-adapted & directed by Jean Kerchbron; co-adapted by Louis Pauwels; starring André Reybaz, Georges Douking, François Vibert, Françoise Winskill, Magali Noël, Alfred Baillou, Serge Merlin, Pierre Tabard, Marika Green, Robert Etcheverry, Michel Etcheverry
Region 1 VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb watch French-language official trailer [4/2014 upload; 1:00] online at YouTube I.N.A. b&w DVD [6/2008] for €9,99 - PAL format via Amazon.FR |
"It!" aka "Curse of The Golem" horror film
[Warner Bros./Seven Arts July 1967]
 | 'Made in the Hammer Films style' - When a museum warehouse burns down, only one statue is untouched, one made by a famous rabbi in XVIth Century Prague . . . • Co-produced, written & directed by Herbert J. Leder; starring Roddy McDowall, Jill Haworth, Paul Maxwell, Aubrey Richards, Ernest Clark, Oliver Johnston, Noel Trevarthen, Ian McCulloch, Richard Goolden, Dorothy Frere, Tom Chatto, Steve Kirby, Russell Napier, Frank Sieman, Brian Haines, Mark Burns, John Baker & Alan Seller {as The Golem}
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia available on DVD only as part of a Horror Double Feature with "The Shuttered Room" [1967] Warner Home Video color DVD [12/2008] out of prodn/used |
"Prague Nights (Prazské Noci)" [Czechoslovakia June 1969]
 | Four segments taking place in Prague: "Poslední Golem" written & directed by Jirí Brdecka, starring Josef Bláha, Martin Ruzek, Jan Klusák, Lucie Novotná, Václav Mares, Viktor Maurer, Ladislav Gzela, Milan Mach; "Fabricius a Zuzana" and "Otrávená Travicka" directed by Milos Makovec; and "Chlebové Strevícky" directed by Evald Schorm
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
"Dreht Euch Nicht Um, Der Golem Geht Rum, oder Das Zeitalter der Musse" [Germany Oct 1971]
("Don't Turn Around, The Golem [Have Us Surrounded], or The Age of Obligation")
 | 2-part science fiction TV movie about an indoor society in the 23rd Century where prisoners do all the work, everyone is a blonde, and subhumans who must wear yellow clothing and are called golems are planning a revolt . . . • Directed by Peter Beauvais; written by Dieter Waldmann; starring Martin Benrath, Hannelore Elsner, Katrin Schaake, Francesca Tu, Jens Weisser, José Luis Gómez {as Willi der A.I.}, Peter Eschberg, Isolde Bräuner, Manfred Hilbig, Ulli Lommel, Alexandra Marischka, Gerhard Remus, Harry Riebauer, Siegmar Schneider, Ludwig Thiesen, Christoph Bantzer, Helga Feddersen, Dietrich Mattausch, Renate Roland, Werner Finck, Werner Hessenland, Melanie Horeschowsky, Heinz Ulrich, Erland Erlandsen, Gerd Potyka, Wolfgang Allers, Wulf Ritthausen, Ilsemarie Schnering, Lothar Schock, Hilde Brand, Änne Bruck, Ruth Grossi, Lisa Helwig, Doris Kiesow, Burkhard Jahn •
full credits at IMDb
Pidax Film Media Ltd. color DVD [9/2017] import/scarce - PAL format via Amazon.com Pidax Film Media Ltd. color DVD [9/2017] for €14,95 - PAL format via Amazon.DE watch German-language official trailer [9/2017 upload; 2:19] online at YouTube |
"The World Beyond" TV movie [1978] /tt0235068/
A golem made of mud terrorizes a couple on a remote Maine island
"Golem" [1980] /tt0080806/
The film is set in a terrorizing world of the future; directed by Piotr Szulkin
Piotr Szulkin Box: Golem / Wojna Swiatow / O-bi, O-ba Koniec Cywilizacji / Ga Ga Chwala Bohaterom1986
http://www.amazon.com/Piotr-Szulkin-Box-Cywilizacji-Bohaterom/dp/B002SSFWNC/
http://www.amazon.com/Piotr-Szulkin-cywilizacji-bohaterom-subtitles/dp/B01EGQUZFI/
"Miami Golem" [Italy 1985]
 | Shortly after a TV reporter films an interview about a university science program, gunmen kill the lab team and steal their secret experiment: a cell cloned from DNA from inside a meteorite . . . • Co-written & directed by Alberto De Martino (as Martin Herbert); co-written by Gianfranco Clerici & Vincenzo Mannino; starring David Warbeck, Laura Trotter, Loris Loddi, Giorgio Favretto, John Ireland, Victor Beard, Sergio Rossi, Giorgio Bonora, David Baxter, Stefano Mazzitelli, Charles Harris, Alessandra Canale, Pat Starke, Chris Gerard, Mauro Magliozzi, Nazzareno Cardinali, Dario Danieli, Fabio Lattanzi, Guido Sacchi, Claudio Coletti
letterboxed color DVD [2012] out of prodn/SOLD OUT ! "Miami Horror": Panther Ent. color VHS [10/90] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • watch official German-language trailer [10/2017 upload; 2:46] online at YouTube |
"Monstrosity" horror comedy [1987] Director: Andy Milligan /tt0137961/
A young man, whose girlfriend was killed by street thugs, builds a Golem which is then programed to go out and kill the thugs.
"The Golem" [Cannon Group - never produced]
 | Advertised in the trades circa 1987-89 as being in 'pre-production', starring Charles Bronson, produced by Pancho Kohner, written by Michael Alan Kanter; currently absent from IMDb and Wikipedia, listed as 'unproduced' on the [New] Cannon Films website |
"Birth of A Golem (Naissance d'un Golem)" (1991) /tt0167302/
Directed by Amos Gitai; starring Dominique Sanda, Sapho
http://www.amazon.com/Birth-Golem-Dominique-Sanda/dp/B00005YK44/
"Golem, The Spirit of Exile (Golem: L'Esprit de L'Exil)" [6/1992] /tt0104356/
Directed by Amos Gitai, starring Hanna Schygulla, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
http://www.amazon.com/Golem-Spirit-Exile-Hanna-Schygulla/dp/B00005YK55/
"Golem: The Petrified Garden (Golem: Le Jardin Pétrifié)" [1993] /tt0143281/
Directed by Amos Gitai; starring Jerome Koenig, Hanna Schygulla, Samuel Fuller
http://www.amazon.com/Golem-Petrified-Garden-Jerome-Koenig/dp/B00005YRNV/
"Rabín a Jeho Golem" TV Movie [1995] /tt3963118/
Directed by Václav Vorlícek | Stars: Vladimír Ráz, Pavel Nový, Jaroslava Adamová, Martin Zounar
"Myths, Mysteries, and Mysticism: The Golem" documentary (1996) /tt0425277/
40 minute Short; director Roel Oostra follows the Jewish-American rabbi & author Chaim Potok through Prague while recounting
the old legend of the Golem and its creator, Rabbi Judah Loew
"Golem" [Italy 2000]
 | Filmed using digital beta in France & Italy & Prague; an abstract work, 1999 trailer has no dialogue • A film by Louis Nero; narrated by Moni Ovadia, featuring Savino Genovese, Marco Giachino & Antonio Villella
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie website watch official trailer with loud klezmer music [7/2008 upload; 5:06] online at YouTube |
"Snow in August" TV movie [2001] /tt0262776/
A Catholic boy befriends a Jewish rabbi after a Jewish merchant was beaten up by racist thugs and now the boy and his mother
are fearful of their lives; the boy decides to create the vengeful Golem for protection ..
"Le Golem de Montreal" [indep 2004]
 | Three children use a magical Jewish recipe to create a golem . . . • Co-produced, written & directed by Isabelle Hayeur; starring Zébulon A. Vézina, Charlotte Bissonnette-Reichold, Chanel Petit, Réal Bossé {as the Golem}, Jessica Barker, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Emmanuel Charest, Victor Côté-Hayeur, Myriam De Verger, Marjolaine Lessard-Jean, Alexis Martin, Julien Ouellette-Neveu, Béatrice Picard, Lazlo Riccardi-Rigaud, Laszlo Ricciardi-Rigault
Alliance French-language widescreen color DVD [2005] for $50.00 {sic} Alliance French-language widescreen color DVD [2005] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • watch video clip [2/2017 upload; 2:11] free online at Vimeo |
"The Golem" video featurette [indep 2004]
 | 39-minute story of estranged siblings returning to their childhood home after their father dies to dis-cover a golem living in the family garage • Written & produced by Rob Robinson; directed by Debora Roventini; starring Patrick Connelly, Philip Faiss, Chappie Hunter, Ken MacFarlane, Steven Rozic, Victoria Reid Taylor, Derik Van Derbeken, and voices of Elizabeth Bailey & Robert Harrison
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb • official movie website |
"You Got to Know When to Golem" segment of the "Treehouse of Horror XVII" episode /tt0831240/
[Fox Nov 2006] of "The Simpsons" TV series
featuring Fran Drescher & Richard Lewis as golems
"Blood and Stone: A Legend of The Golem" short [2009] directed by Arnon Z. Shorr /tt1439524/
"Living With Tzaddikim (.. Righteous Ones)" animated videos [2015]
 | Four animated episodes telling Jewish tales and promoting the 'righteous' (i.e. observant and kosher) Jewish lifestyle; episode titles are:
1) "Going Out of Prison With Bitachon", 2) "The Maharal and The Golem of Prague", 3) "The Golem To The Rescue", and 4) "The Golem and The Mysterious Palace of Five" • The animation is pretty lame and the website sells the videos by email inquiry! or toll-free phone or in Judaica stores in U.S. and Canada (2/2018)
not listed on IMDb • official website |
"The Limehouse Golem" [R.L.J./LionsGate Sept 2017] 
 | "Before The Ripper, Fear Had Another name" • A Scotland Yard detective is assigned to solve a series of murders in the riverside Limehouse district of London; suspects include George Flood, John Cree, George Gissing, and Karl Marx Directed by Juan Carlos Medina; screenplay by Jane Goldman, based on the novel by Peter Ackroyd; starring Bill Nighy {as Insp. Kildare}, Olivia Cooke {as Lizzie Cree}, María Valverde, Eddie Marsan, Douglas Booth, Daniel Mays, Sam Reid, Adam Brown, Paul Ritter, Henry Goodman, Amelia Crouch, Peter Sullivan, Morgan Watkins, Damien Thomas, Simon Meacock, Keeley Forsyth, Siobhán Cullen, Mark Tandy, Olesja Sidorovich, Michael Jenn, Christina Tam, David Macey, Craig Thomas Lambert, Clive Brunt, Levi Heaton, Jack Parr, Craig Carr, Jake Sanson, Anita Breheny, Tom Raven, Louisa-May Parker, Gary Davies, Bryan Samson, David Vickers, Edythe Woolley, Michael Barron Image Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2017] for $18.70 Image Ent. widescreen color DVD [11/2017] for $13.99 Amazon Instant Video [9/2017] rental $5.99, purchase $19.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch 6/2017 official trailer [2:11] at YouTube |
 | "The Limehouse Golem: A Novel" [1995] by Peter Ackroyd prior title "The Trial of Elizabeth Cree", and before that was "Dan Leno and The Limehouse Golem" [1994], which had no central Scotland Yard inspector character • book entry at Wikipedia TLG: Kindle Edition from Nan A. Talese/Random House [3/2012] for $10.99 TTEC: Doubleday pb [4/95] out of print/used TTEC: Nan A. Talese 9½x6¾ hardcover [4/95] out of print/40+ used DLTLG: Mandarin 7¾x5 pb [1995] out of print/used DLTLG: Sinclair-Stevenson, Ltd. hardcover [1994] out of print/used |
"The History of Sarah and Golem" [in development 2018]
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The team at Bohemian Multimedia, spol [est. 2008] in Prague, Czech Republic is working on a short animated film called "The History of Sarah and Golem"; they have enlisted Anthony Wong from PIXAR as director and are using old-fashioned wood-block stop-motion sets and modern CGI to tell a standard rabbi-golem-rabbi's daughter tale, albeit this daughter is just nine years old.
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • not yet listed at IMDb (2019) • official project page |
Stageplays, Other Media
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"Der Golem" stageplay [1908] by Arthur Holitscher
"Der Golem" Yiddish stageplay [1921] by H. Leivick
 | "Golem" panto misterium [1927] poster for performance in May 1927 in Budapest, Hungary at the Vigadóban concert hall; directed by Aladár Kalmár |
stageplay [circa 1930] by Czech avant-garde writing team George Voskovec & Jan Werich
said to be the basis for "Le Golem" [France 1936] directed by Julien Duvivier {see above}
"The Golem" Broadway stageplay [1948] by H. Leivick
http://www.ibdb.com/broadway-show/the-golem-3984
 | "The Golem, Man of Earth: A Play" [2006] by Howard Rubenstein an experimental version of "The Golem, Man of Earth" was produced in 2006 at 6th @ Penn Theatre (renamed Compass Theatre, since closed) in San Diego, California 96-page Granite Hills Press 7¼x5 playscript pb [9/2007] for $14.95 |
 | "The Golem of Havana" musical stageplay [2013] The only golem here seems to be in the title and on the poster; musical stageplay about Holocaust survivors who fled Europe and now (in 1958) must flee Cuba; performed in Miami and New York City (off-Broadway) circa 2013; 2013 IndieGoGo campaign incomplete Music by Salomon Lerner, lyrics by Len Schiff, book & direction by Michel Hausmann official website • watch official promo [ends at 3:40] online at Vimeo |
 | "Golem" multi-media stageplay [1927 Theatre Company, UK 2014] Written & directed by Suzanne Andrade; film, animation & design by Paul Barritt An original story that examines the relationship between an extraordinarily ordinary man and his Golem - a creature fashioned out of clay - in a fictional yet familiar world, where technology and the market economy have evolved to a point of transcending the boundaries of human control. Golem has become a must have, indispensible ingredient for a better life - but its very existence threatens the future of those who created it. Multi-media stageplay had its world premiere at Salzburg State Theatre, Salzburg Festival, Austria in August 2014 • official website watch 5/2014 'coming soon' official trailer [0:41] at Vimeo watch 11/2014 Apple TV official trailer [0:40] at Vimeo |
 | "Gustav Meyrink's The Golem: A Dream Play" [2015] one-man stageplay adapted & performed by Daniel Flint directed by Joel David Santner; music by Josh Taylor Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [2/2015] for $7.99 CreateSpace 7¾x5 pb [2/2015] for $9.99 |
 | "Golem" one-man stageplay [2016] Written and performed by Richard Waring performed at the 70th Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2017, and touring England & Europe in 2016 & 2017 official website |
 | "Der Golem" one-act opera [1923] by Romanian composer Nicolae Bretan [1887-1968] first performed in 1924 in Cluj and revived in 1990 in Denver, Colorado; recording performed by Philharmonic Orchestra of Moldava, conducted by Cristian Mandeal; featuring baritone Alexandru Agache; opera "Der Golem" is ten tracks, Bretan's 1942 opera "Arald" is eight tracks Nimbus Records audio CD [9/95] 18 tracks for $2.49 {sic} opera entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Der Golem: Music Drama in Three Acts" opera [1926] by Eugen d'Albert [1864-1932] recording performed by Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, conducted by Stefan Blunier, featuring Mark Morouse, Ingeborg Greiner, Alfred Reiter • opera entry at Wikipedia MD&G Records hybrid SACD-DSD [11/2010] 2 disks for $34.99 |
 | "The Golem Psalms" choral work [2007] on the audio CD "Metamorphosis" Text by Ellen Frankel, music by Andrea Clearfield 30-minute piece commissioned & performed in May 2007 by The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia; album cuts 2-8; the other two works are by Jennifer Higdon & James Primosch Innova audio CD [2/2012] 10 tracks for $16.49 entry at composer's website |
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C.B.S. Radio Mystery Theater aired an episode in 1974 entitled "The Golem", which takes place during the Holocaust.
 | "The Mysterious Golem of Prague: The Story That Inspired Frankenstein" [1982] radio drama written, produced & directed by Simcha Gottlieb & Chaim Clorfene, based on the Kabbalah classic "Wonders of The Maharal" [1909]; featuring Leonard Nimoy and an international cast Jewish Radio Theater LP soundtrack album [1982] out of prodn/SOLD OUT! 49-minute indep MP-3 album download [12/2011] for $8.99 listen to audio excerpt [21:21] online at Chabad.org |
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Stone Golem cast metal miniature from Reaper
for use in Dungeons & Dragons; package is 9x5x2, object weight is 1.6 ounces, height is 25mm (1 inch) unpainted cast metal miniature from Reaper [undated] for $8.19 Clay Golem cast polymer miniature from Reaper for use in Dungeons & Dragons; package is 5x3x1, object weight is 0.3 ounces, height is 25mm (1 inch) unpainted cast polymer miniature from Reaper [undated] for $7.38 |
 | label for "The Golem" Riesling wine from Australia made in the Clare Valley, South Australia, circa 2010-2012; vintner Misfit Wine Company may now be defunct; reviewers use words like 'vibrant' and 'tangy' |
Non-Fiction About The Golem
 | "Jewish Stories of Prague: Jewish Prague In History and Legend" [1932] by Vaclav Vladivoj Tomek, 2008 Translation by Mirek Katzl Kindle Edition from Sharpless House [1/2014] for $2.99 CreateSpace 8x5 pb [4/2015] for $8.95 LULU.com mass pb [12/2008] for $14.95 |
 | "God & Golem, Inc.: A Comment On Certain Points Where Cybernetics Impinges On Religion" [1964] by Norbert Wiener [1894-1964]
The M.I.T. Press 8x5½ pb [3/66] for $18.95 The M.I.T. Press 8x5¼ hardcover [1964] out of print/used Editions de l'Eclat French-language mass pb [11/2016] for $15.31 Siglo XXI Editores Mexico mass pb [1967] for $13.99 book entry at Wikipedia |
"The Golem Legend: Origins and Implications" [Univ Press of America 1985] by Byron L. Sherwin
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"The Golem Returns: From German Romantic Literature To Global Jewish Culture, 1808-2008" [2010] by Cathy S. Gelbin Univ Michigan Press hardcover [12/2010] for $70.00 {sic} |
 | "The Golem Redux: From Prague To Post-Holocaust Fiction" [2012] by Elizabeth R. Baer Kindle Edition from Wayne State Univ Press [4/2012] for $15.39 Wayne State Univ Press 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $27.95 |
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