The Golem and the Dancing Girl
The Golem and the Dancing Girl is a 1917 German silent comedy horror film. It is part of a trilogy, preceded by The Golem and followed by The Golem: How He Came into the World. Paul Wegener and Rochus Gliese co-directed and acted in the film. Wegener also wrote the screenplay. This was the screen debut of Fritz Feld. It was produced by Deutsche Bioscop GmbH.
The Golem and the Dancing Girl is now considered a lost film, though silentera.com reports a print may exist in an "eastern European film archive". Troy Howarth wrote, " remains one of the earliest filmed examples of a horror spoof....makes it all the more regrettable that it has vanished so completely."
Plot
Not much is known of the plot, since the film is considered lost, but it appears to have been a parody of the earlier 1915 film Der Golem. Wegener plays an actor who, upon discovering the fear his performance generates when he assumes the role of the Golem in a film, decides to wear the costume to a party he is to attend, in order to make an impression on a dancer who will be there.Cast
- Paul Wegener as The Golem. IMDb credits Wegener as playing the Golem, while silentera.com states this role was played by Gliese.
- Lyda Salmonova as Helga
- Rochus Gliese
- Wilhelm Diegelmann
- Fritz Feld as Hotel Page
- Emilie Kurz
- Mr. Meschugge
- Erich Schönfelder
- Ernst Waldow