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The first trilogy of movies about Rabbi Judah Loew
and his golem were Der Golem (1915), the Golem and the
Dancing Girl (1917), and Der Golem, wie er in die welt
kam (1920) Directed by Paul Wegener.
Only the last film,
which is a prequel, has survived, though stills exist of
the earlier films. This Golem is the main subject of the
British film It!, Gold Star Productions Limited (1966),
staring Roddy McDowell as Arthur Pimm, who evokes
(brings to life) the Golem.
Edward Einhorn's Golem Stories appearing in his book of
plays entitled The Golem, Methuselah, and Shylock
includes a golem that has the soul of a young man who
was the fiance of the Rabbi's daughter.
In Jonathan Stroud's Bartimaeus Trilogy, golems were
used by Prague in their war against the British Empire
in the story's late 19th century [[alternate history].
The golem would be destroyed if its master was killed;
and its master's name was written on a parchment in its
mouth.
Golem - Feet of Clay
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