Golem, the Spirit of the Exile

1992 Italian film

1992 (1992)

CountriesItaly
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands

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.

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

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