Directed by Paul Wegener, Carl Boese • Silent • 1920 • Germany • German with English intertitles
Starring Paul Wegener, Albert Steinrück, Lyda Salmonova

Recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, an ancient Hebrew legend provides the substance for one of the most adventurous films of early German cinema and a landmark in the evolution of the horror film. Suffering under the tyrannical rule of a merciless despot, a 16th century Talmudic rabbi creates a giant clay warrior that comes to life in a grand scale climax.