Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam

Golem ("unformed body") — in Jewish folklore legend clay giant animated by magical means. According to the legends of the Golem, of red clay vyleplyaet human figure rising from the preteen, and then revive either in the name of God, or the word "life" written on his forehead.

Golem is incapable of speech and does not have a human soul, like Adam before receiving from God the "breath of life". The Golem is extremely fast growing and soon reaches the gigantic stature and superhuman strength. He obediently performs the work entrusted to him (and on Saturday, when the commandment of Judaism is forbidden to do even homework), but, escaping from human control, is blind self-will (can crush its Creator, etc.).

According to the original plan of the founders, the cemetery scene of the film was planned to shoot on a real Jewish cemetery, however, the Jewish community has banned the filming. Then Paul Wegener with the artist by Hans Pelzigen and cameraman Karl Freund was styled the real forest and the cemetery, which gave the scenes the combined effect of reality and artificiality.

When filming scenes revive a dead Golem, according to co-Director of the film Carl Meringue, "was not suitable either technical or physical or chemical techniques and methods". The calculation was made on the imagination of the viewer and the illusion. Scene recovery has been implemented by simply replacing the object on a live actor. For this Steinruck albert, who played the Rabbi, was required to portray the awkwardness when reading the parchment to such an extent that it seemed that he was about to drop it. At this moment, when the viewer's gaze was fixed on the actor's face, the object was replaced by a live actor, Paul Wegener.