The Golem (1920)
Artificial Creature of Clay
Classic silent film from the German Expressionist period in which a rabbi brings to life a creature made of clay (played by Paul Wegener), which then proceeds to go amok
Films of 1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Evil Personality Within Unleashed
Classic silent version of the Jekyll and Hyde story. A reasonable if not truly standout version, dominated by John Barrymore’s highly melodramatic performance in the title roles
Genuine (1920)
German Expressionism/Femme Fatale
One of the lesser films made by the director of The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, Robert Wiene. Wiene employs the same stark angular sets and exaggerated shadows in the tale of a predatory femme fatale