The Golem

 

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Directed by	Doron Paz Yoav Paz
Written by	Ariel Cohen
Produced by	Shalom Eisenbach
Starring	Hani Furstenberg Ishai Golan Brynie Furstenberg Adi Kvetner Lenny Ravich lex Tritenko
Cinematography	Rotem Yaron
Edited by	Itamar Goldwsser Einat Glaser-Zarhin
Music by	Tal Yardeni
Production company	Epic Pictures Group
Distributed by	Epic Pictures Group
Release date	27 August 2018 (FrightFest London) 24 January 2019
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Israel
Language	English
Box office	$267,793[1]

The Golem is a 2018 Israeli period supernatural horror film directed by Doron and Yoav Paz, and written by Ariel Cohen. It stars Hani Furstenberg, Ishai Golan, Brynie Furstenberg, and Konstantin Anikienko. The Golem is based on the Jewish legend of the same name, and the film's creators felt that the legend, which they referred to as "the Jewish Frankenstein", had never been properly developed into a film since the 1951 version The Emperor and the Golem. Originally it was intended to retain the original appearance of the title character for the film, "In the beginning, when we just started on the idea for the movie, we tried to tell the story as it is. That is with the real giant creature made of mud and clay,". The idea was soon abandoned, however, after realizing that it would not fit with the story they wanted to convey, deciding instead to reimagine the classic tale for a more contemporary audience while staying true to its original themes. Principal photography for The Golem commenced in the summer of 2017 near Kyiv, Ukraine, for a month and a half, with the majority of the film was shot in an isolated outdoor set, "in the middle of nowhere".

On April 24, 2018; it was announced that Dread Central had acquired distribution rights to The Golem as their first original production under their "Dread Central Presents" banner, with Epic Pictures serving as executive producers for a limited theatrical release slated for February 2019. The film later made its official premiere at the London FrightFest Film Festival on August 27, 2018. The film would later be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and Video-on-Demand on February 5, 2019. The Golem received positive reviews from critics, who praised Furstenberg's performance, cinematography, and atmosphere; and was nominated for several awards by the Israeli Film