Golem: The Petrified Garden

Overview
Cast & Crew
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The Plot

Danny Cornish, a sort of stateless man who arranges art exhibits, is called from Tel Aviv to Paris with the news that a great uncle has died, in Birobidjan, the autonomous Jewish zone in Russia, leaving him a valuable art collection and the hand of a huge sculpture of a Golem. The uncle's will instructs Danny to find the rest of the statue, so Danny, who speaks no Russian, embarks on a trip that takes him (and the Golem's hand) to Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Siberia, fumbling with hotel clerks, taxi drivers, and bureaucrats, following leads, and making discoveries about myth, story telling, art, and hope.

Run Time

1h 27m

Genre

Drama

Release Date

01 Jan 1993

Country

Israel, France, Germany, Russia

Language

English, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian

AGAV Films
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