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Retro Review | “The Golem” Ends my German Expressionism Journey

Ryan Brown
Pantheon of Film

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Spoilers beware.

And with this review, my journey into German Expressionist cinema comes to a bittersweet yet satisfying close with Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s The Golem: How He Came into the World from 1920. While it isn’t my personal favorite of the films I’ve watched up to this point, The Golem has a lot going for it, from some impressive visual…

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Ryan Brown
Pantheon of Film

"Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." -Frank Herbert