The golem is a creature made from clay and brought to life to protect the Jews of Prague. The golem is related to the monster from Frankenstein and the robots from R.U.R.
Here's the 1920 version from German expressionist Paul Wegener:
http://www.archive.org/details/Choronzon333-DerGolemPEmersonWilliamsScore568
This was the third (and last) Golem film that Wegener made. Here are some fragments from Wegener's "lost" 1915 film The Golem:
http://www.archive.org/details/TheGolem1915LostFilmFragments
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Or, at least, the golem inspired RUR and FRANKENSTEIN, perhaps at very least, to some extent (dunno...had Mary W. Shelley heard much of the golem myth?). Of course, Avram Davidson's early story brings it all back home...
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