| The Golem and the Dancing Girl | |
| Starring: | Paul Wegener Lyda Salmonova Rochus Gliese |
| Director: | Rochus Gliese Paul Wegener |
| Producer: | Paul Davidson Siegmund Jakob Hanns Lippmann |
| Runtime: | Unknown |
| Language: | Silent with German intertitles |
| Country: | German Empire |
The Golem and the Dancing Girl (original German title: German: link=no|Der Golem und die Tänzerin) is a 1917 German silent comedy horror film. It is part of a trilogy, preceded by The Golem (1915) and followed by (1920). Paul Wegener and Rochus Gliese co-directed and acted in the film. Wegener also wrote the screenplay. This was the screen debut of Fritz Feld. It was produced by Deutsche Bioscop GmbH.[1]
The Golem and the Dancing Girl is now considered a lost film, though silentera.com reports a print may exist in an "eastern European film archive".[2] Troy Howarth wrote, "(the film) remains one of the earliest filmed examples of a horror spoof....makes it all the more regrettable that it has vanished so completely."
Not much is known of the plot, since the film is considered lost, but it appears to have been a parody of the earlier 1915 film Der Golem. Wegener plays an actor who, upon discovering the fear his performance generates when he assumes the role of the Golem in a film, decides to wear the costume to a party he is to attend, in order to make an impression on a dancer (Salmanova) who will be there.
Troy Howarth wrote, "Not only is the film considered lost, it doesn't seem to have generated much notice upon its original release."