Golem: The Petrified Garden

Golem: The Petrified Garden 1993 Directed by Amos Gitai Golem, le jardin pétrifié

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.

Country France

Production Countries France , Germany , Israel , Russia

Language French

Spoken Languages English , French , Hebrew , Russian , Yiddish

Gnere Drama

Production Company AGAV Films

Release Date 1 January 1993

87 mins