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  Lyda Salmonova and Paul Wegener.
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Der Golem
Also known as The Monster of Fate in the USA
(1915) Germany
B&W : 4100 feet
Directed by Henrik Galeen and Paul Wegener

Cast: Paul Wegener [the golem], Henrik Galeen [Trödler], Lyda Salmonova [Trödlers tochter (Trödler’s daughter)], Rudolf Blümner [Hungernder Gelehrter (the starving scholar)], [?] Karl Ebert or Carl Ebert? [Graf (the count)], Jakob Tiedtke [the count’s servant], [?] Robert A. Dietrich?

Deutsche Bioscop Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production. / Scenario by Paul Wegener and Henrik Galeen, from the novel Der Golem by Gustav Meyrink. Set design by Rochus Gliese. Costume design by Rochus Gliese. Cinematography by Guido Seeber. / Released 15 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Censor’s registration date, 22 December 1914. The film was released in the USA on State Rights basis as The Monster of Fate by Hawk Film Company in [?] March? 1917.

Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Staatliches Filmarchiv der DDR film archive [fragments only], in the Bundesarchiv film archive [fragments only], and in the Museo del Cine Pablo C. Ducrós Hicken film archive [16mm reduction positive (reel 2 of the American release version)].

Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 March 2023.

References: Aylesworth-Monsters pp. 41-42, 43, 142; Bohn-Light pp. 122, 124, 126, 127; Fell-History p. 133; Manchel-Terrors p. 19; Marrero-Vintage pp. 5, 10, 11, 157 : Website-Filmportal; Website-IMDb.

 
 
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