Golem (1980)
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[TRAILER] Pernat finds himself in a police interrogation, accused of a murder, and unable to recall any details of the crime, or even his own life. He's released back into a world of raving lunatics and deranged dentists, murderous doctors, and scientists who believe the secret of human creation is inside the walls of a cast-iron oven. This is the first film in Polish filmmaker Piotr Szulkin's Apoacalypse Tetrology.
Starring Marek Walczewski, Krystyna Janda, Joanna Żółkowska, Anna Jaraczówna, Mariusz Dmochowski, Wiesław Drzewicz.
Directed by Piotr Szulkin. Written by Tadeusz Sobolewski, Piotr Szulkin. Loosely based on the 1915 German language novel by Gustav Meyrink. Cinematography by Zygmunt Samosiuk. Edited by Elżbieta Kurkowska. Music by Zygmunt Konieczny, Józef Skrzek.
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Starring Marek Walczewski, Krystyna Janda, Joanna Żółkowska, Anna Jaraczówna, Mariusz Dmochowski, Wiesław Drzewicz.
Directed by Piotr Szulkin. Written by Tadeusz Sobolewski, Piotr Szulkin. Loosely based on the 1915 German language novel by Gustav Meyrink. Cinematography by Zygmunt Samosiuk. Edited by Elżbieta Kurkowska. Music by Zygmunt Konieczny, Józef Skrzek.
83% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Find streaming options for your services/country on JustWatch.
I literally just found my copy of the novel, so I'm excited to see this! It's a new one on me, though I saw the silent many years ago.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 1:49 PM on March 30
posted by kittens for breakfast at 1:49 PM on March 30
Oddly, while it manages to keep much of the shape of the novel, Szulkin never actually even finished reading it.
It's really a fusion of sci-fi and medieval-style folk stories, carefully constructed so that it operates as complex criticism of Poland under communism while maintaining plausible deniability about that.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:51 PM on March 30 [1 favorite]
It's really a fusion of sci-fi and medieval-style folk stories, carefully constructed so that it operates as complex criticism of Poland under communism while maintaining plausible deniability about that.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:51 PM on March 30 [1 favorite]
Golem happens to be the Szulkin movie I haven’t seen, because I came to him through the Radiance boxed set, which is missing this one. Vinegar Syndrome wins here. I really enjoyed the other three of the Apocalypse Tetrology, though: dark humor and political commentary is up my alley.
posted by Bryant at 7:57 PM on March 30
posted by Bryant at 7:57 PM on March 30
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posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:45 AM on March 30