With live score by Hunter Complex
In 16th century Prague, Rabbi Löw creates a monster out of clay to protect the Jewish ghetto from the wrath of the emperor. But the golem goes on a rampage and sets fire to the ghetto. Their only hope is a little girl who might be able to defeat the golem.
In 16th century Prague, Rabbi Löw creates a monster out of clay to protect the Jewish ghetto from the wrath of the emperor. But the golem goes on a rampage and sets fire to the ghetto. Their only hope is a little girl who might be able to defeat the golem.
Paul Wegener’s adaptation of the famous Jewish myth is considered a classic of German expressionist cinema, and the first in which man is confronted with a monster of his own creation.
Hunter Complex, Haarlem-based musician Lars Meijer’s project, created a score especially for this film concert. His predominantly electronic music has new age, etherical jazz and krautrock influences. De Volkskrant called his most recent album Airports and Ports ‘unparalleled, full of tranquillity and sonic comfort’. For this score he drew inspiration from Hans Landsberger’s original film score from 1920.
A film from the holdings of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Wiesbaden
