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.