Golem: The Petrified Garden
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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.
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Cast
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Jerome Koenig
Daniel Cornish
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Hanna Schygulla
Michelle
Known for
Poor Things
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Samuel Fuller
Sam
Known for
A Return to Salem's Lot
The American Friend
Masha Itkina
Macha
No other roles listed
Natalia Voitulevitch-Manor
Yuri Klepikov
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Bum
Boris Khaimsky
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Yuri Khomutyansky
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Macha Doubrovskia
Nikolay Bezzubov
Aleksandr Gerasimov
Tamara Ourjoumova
Amos Gitai Director · Tonino Guerra Writer Simon Stockhausen Composer
First release January 1, 1993 · Produced in Israel, France, Germany, Russia · Languages English, French, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish
Production
AGAV Films
Production
Israel · France · Germany · Russia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Golem, le jardin pétrifié
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · Hebrew · Russian · Yiddish
Release dates
France · January 1, 1993
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No release date listed for United States.
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