Golem, the Spirit of the Exile

Golem, the Spirit of the Exile (French: Golem, l'esprit de l'exil, Italian: Golem, Lo spirito dell'esilio, also known as Golem, the Ghost of Exile) is a 1992 drama film directed by Amos Gitai. It is a European co-production between Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France and Italy.

Golem, the Spirit of the Exile
Directed by	Amos Gitai
Cinematography	Henri Alekan
Music by	Simon Stockhausen Markus Stockhausen
Release date	1992 (1992)
Countries	Italy France Germany United Kingdom Netherlands

Following Esther and Berlin - Jerusalem, the film is the third chapter in the Gitai's "Exile" trilogy; it is also the middle chapter in the director's Golem trilogy, between documentary films Birth of a Golem and Golem, le jardin pétrifié.^[1][2][3][4]

Cast

• Hanna Schygulla as the Spirit of the Exile
• Vittorio Mezzogiorno as the Maharal
• Ophrah Shemesh as Naomi
• Samuel Fuller as Elimelek
• Mireille Perrier as Ruth
• Sotigui Kouyaté as Boaz
• Fabienne Babe as Orpa
• Bakary Sangaré as the first marine
• Alain Maratrat as the second marine
• Marceline Loridan Ivens as the Mother of Opra
• Bernardo Bertolucci as the master of the court
• Philippe Garrel as Opra's fiancé
• Marisa Paredes as the Mistress of Ceremony

References

1. Paul Willemen (1993). The Films of Amos Gitai: a montage. British Film Institute, 1993. ISBN 0851704166.
2. Ray Privett (2008). Amos Gitai: Exile and Atonement. Lulu, 2008. ISBN 978-0615223414.
3. Marcel Cornis-Pope, John Neubauer (2004). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Types and stereotypes. John Benjamins Publishing, 2010. ISBN 9027234582.
4. Serge Toubiana (2006). Il cinema di Amos Gitai. Frontiere e territori. Pearson Italia, 2006. ISBN 8842496995.

External links

• Golem, the Spirit of the Exile at IMDb