Film

Birth of a Golem

1990 · 1h

IMDb

3.8

With the feel of experimental film, Gitai mixes storytelling, readers' theater, cityscapes (usually seen from moving trains), and desolate landscapes to mediate on the act of creation. What if a golem were fashioned out of dirt, much like Adam, and came to life? The film imagines it, in the desert and in Moscow. Interspersed are stories of a 14th-century Tuscan artist's creation of a tower that plays music when the wind blows, of a film director, and of Jeremiah and Sirat. In what ways is making a movie like creating a golem?

• Amos GitaiDirector
• Henri AlekanDirector of Photography

Release date

August 27, 1990

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h