Sunday, September 20, 2026
Tonight's Stinker: The Golem(1920)
Tonight's Stinker
The Golem(1920)
https://youtu.be/5cQXzHRQMf4?si=AoyYaTF6CfbevDNR
A Rabbi is doing some astrology, & the stars tell him there's going to be a calamity....
Meanwhile, the emperor is kicking the Jews out of the ghetto for greed, snubbing Christian festivals & black magic, & sends a haughty squire to deliver the message.... The Rabbi asks the squire to make an appeal for him... The squire & the rabbi's daughter fall for each other....
The rabbi secretly sculpts a giant out of clay, then uses black magic to bring it to life.... He uses it for chores at first, while the villagers are freaked out at it....
The squire comes back with good news of an appeal, but the rabbi catches him groping his daughter, & sees her not resisting...
The rabbi goes to a festival at the emperor's place to show off his golem & do some other tricks.... When the castle starts to collapse, the golem saves everyone, & the Jews are pardoned....
Not needing it anymore, the rabbi turns off the golem & tries to destroy it, but things go sideways when the rabbi's assistant finds out the daughter is having an affair with a stranger.....
I had to pause this a lot because the subtitles happened to flash by pretty fast.... Pretty interesting take on the dangers of building an unnatural servant that turns on it's creator (considering)... Wouldn't surprise me if the platform shoes inspired Frankenstein....
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