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09 November 2019

Masters of Cinema reanimates DER GOLEM (review)

Fearing persecution from the Emperor of Prague, Rabbi Loew constructs a humanoid warrior to be brought to life though occult powers in order to defend the Jewish people.  Such supernatural dealings, of course, come with a catch; in this case, a very destructive one in this German Expressionist horror classic.

REVIEW LINK: Eureka Video (UK) Region B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

DER GOLEM Blu-ray specs:
  • German Version (76 minutes):
    • Stephen Horne score DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
      Lukasz "Wudec" Poleszak score DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
      Admir Shkurtja score DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo 
    • English subtitles for German intertitles
  • American Version (59 minutes):
    • Cordula Heth score DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo
  • Audio Commentary on the German Version by film historian Scott Harrison
  • "Golem Time" video essay by critic David Cairns and unbilled Anne Billson
  • "Where Are the Jewish Horror Films" video essay by filmmaker Jon Spira
  • "The Kingdom of Ghosts: Paul Wegener’s The Golem and the Expressionist Tradition" audio essay by film historian R Dixon Smith
  • Split-scren restoration comparison between the 1995 and 2018 restorations
  • Comes with a collector's booklet featuring reprints of illustrations from the original 1915 novel and essays by Philip Kemp and Scott Harrison
  • The first 2,000 copies come with a limited o-card slipcase.

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