Giant Golem

Japanese: 《巨人ゴーレム》 - きょじんごーれむ
Giant Golem

...Later it became a legend, in which a clay fetus doll was brought to life by a Kabbalistic spell, but when the character of the amulet "emeth" (truth) on its forehead was removed, it disintegrated and turned into "meth" (he is dead), returning to earth. There are many adaptations of the Golem legend, and modern versions include G. Meyrink's novel "The Golem" (1915) and P. Wegener's film "The Giant Golem" (1914), and it has become a theme on par with "Frankenstein stories." [Tanemura Toshihiro]...

From Czechoslovakian Films

After World War I, two young filmmakers, Karel Lamač and Gustav Machaty, boosted Czechoslovakian cinema with their star Annie Ondra (who would later become the heroine of Hitchcock's films in England). Machaty's film Spring Melodies (1933), which portrayed human desire and sexual instinct in symbolic images, brought Czechoslovakian cinema to the world's attention. The nude scene featuring Hedy Kiesler (later invited to Hollywood to take the name Hedy Lamarr) caused a sensation and the film became a huge hit around the world. In the 1930s, Prague became a film center boasting the best film studio facilities in Europe, and French films such as The Volga (1934), directed by Victor Turjansky and starring Albert Préjean, and The Golem (1935), directed by Julien Duvivier, were also made in Prague. Under Nazi occupation, there were no films worth seeing in Czechoslovakia, so in 1945, immediately after the liberation of Prague, the film industry was nationalized and the National Film School FAMU was opened in Prague.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Giant Golem" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…後に伝説化され,胎児のままの泥人形がカバラの呪文によって動き出すが,額のemeth(真理)という護符の一字を取りさるとmeth(彼ハ死セリ)となって崩壊し,土に戻ったという。ゴーレム伝説の翻案は多いが,その近代版としてはG.マイリンクの小説《ゴーレム》(1915),P.ウェゲナーの映画《巨人ゴーレム》(1914)などがあり,〈フランケンシュタインもの〉と並ぶテーマとなっている。【種村 季弘】。…

【チェコスロバキア映画】より

… 第1次世界大戦後,2人の若い映画作家,カレル・ラマーチKarel Lamačとグスタフ・マハティGustav Machatyが,彼らの発見したスター,アニー・オンドラ(のちにイギリスでヒッチコック映画のヒロインになる)とともにチェコスロバキア映画を盛り立てていくが,とくに人間の欲望,性的本能を象徴的なイメージに描いたマハティ監督の《春の調べ》(1933)は,チェコスロバキア映画を一躍世界に知らしめた作品で,ヘディ・キースラー(のちにハリウッドに招かれてヘディ・ラマールと名のる)の全裸シーンが話題を呼び,世界中で大ヒットした。 プラハは1930年代にはヨーロッパで最高の撮影所の施設を誇る映画の中心地となり,ビクトル・トゥールヤンスキー監督,アルベール・プレジャン主演の《炎のボルガ》(1934),ジュリアン・デュビビエ監督《巨人ゴーレム》(1935)といったフランス映画もプラハでつくられた。 ナチス占領下のチェコスロバキア映画には見るべきものがなく,45年,プラハ解放直後,映画の国営化が定められ,国立映画学校FAMUがプラハに開校した。…

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