The Golem (2018)

During an outbreak of a deadly plague, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.

Directors:

Doron Paz, Yoav Paz

Writer:

Ariel Cohen

Stars:

Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Kirill Cernyakov

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hani Furstenberg	...	Hanna
Ishai Golan	...	Benjamin
Kirill Cernyakov	...	The Golem Kid
Brynie Furstenberg	...	Perla
Lenny Ravitz	...	Horrovits
Aleksey Tritenko	...	Vladimir (as Alexey Tritenko)
Adi Kvetner	...	Jacob
Mariya Khomutova	...	Sarah
Veronika Shostak	...	Rebecca
Gennadiy Kuleshov	...	Stas
Katya Gaydak	...	Sveta
Il'ya Tiltikoff	...	Rabbi
Ekaterina Voronina	...	Young Perla
Konstantin Anikienko	...	Golem
Oleh Voloschenko	...	Ivan (as Oleg Voloschenko)

Storyline

During an outbreak of a deadly plague, a mystical woman must save her tight-knit Jewish community from foreign invaders, but the entity she conjures to protect them is a far greater evil.

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Plot Keywords:

ritual | child | evil | legend | golem | 

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Taglines:

Evil is Created.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Hebrew text on the Golem is 'emet' or truth. Removing the first consonant (the aleph) the word reads 'dead' and is the way to kill the Golem.

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Goofs

Though the story is set in 1673, they are using kerosene lamps that weren't invented until 1853.

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Quotes

Benjamin: You're a women, giver of life and God has assigned you a calling and you are refusing it?

User Reviews

Not a horror movie, so set your expectations

Like The Witch or Hereditary, this is a simple, slow-moving film that's about atmosphere and isolation and creepiness, not horror or jump scares. The telling of the Golem tale is very accurate to the most common versions, so if you are a folklore fan you will be satisfied. And it's only 90 minutes long.

Details

Country:

Israel

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Golem

Filming Locations:

Kyiv, Ukraine

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$538,176

Company Credits

Production Co:

SE Film Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1