Stummfilmkonzert “The Golem”
29 November @ 20:00 - 21:30
Sa. 29.11.2025
8 p.m
Black Box, Filmmuseum Düsseldorf
Short and Sweet:
Summary:
Germany 1920
Directors: Paul Wegener, Carl Bosse
Screenplay: Paul Wegener, Henrik Galeen
Production: Projektions-AG Union (Paul Davidson)
Cinematography: Karl Freund
Short and concise:
The film is based on the legends surrounding the Prague Rabbi Judah Löw and tells the Jewish legend of the Golem:
The Prague ghetto in the 16th century. When Rabbi Löw reads in the stars that disaster threatens the Jewish community, he creates a powerful clay figure, the Golem, following an old legend and brings it to life with magical powers.
Music version:
New musical arrangement for cinema organ, percussion, and simultaneous piano by Wilfried Kaets.
Norbert Krämer on large percussion and live electronics.