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Film Screening: The Golem - How He Came into the World (Directors: Paul Wegener and Carl Boese, 1920) - With Music by Joel Peterson Friday, October 31, 7:30 p.m., Detroit Film Theatre, 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit Musician Joel Peterson performs an original score for The Golem: How He Came Into the World, a silent, 1920 German horror film that tells the eerie story of a clay giant brought to life with magic by a rabbi for the protection of the Jews of Prague from a pogrom unleashed by a mad king. Architect Hans Poelzig designed the sets, a reproduction of the medieval Jewish ghetto of Prague, and collaborated with cinematographer Karl Freund to create highly expressionist imagery, often cited as one of the most outstanding examples of German Expressionism in film. Free with museum admission. Website: dia.org/auxiliaries/event.aspx?id=4693&iid=5599&aux_id=14&cid=100
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:53:36 +0000

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