10° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Short Film Competition 1992
THE GOLEM OF PRINCELET STREET
by Brett Turnbull
Country: UK
Year: 1991
Duration: 30'
The Golem of Princelet Street is a modern treatment of an old Yiddish folktale, adapted to London's East End. The most famous version of the legend is set in sixteenth century Prague, in a time when the Jews were suffering from religious persecution. Rabbi Yehuda Loewy is said to have created a "Golem" a clay man which he then brought to life using a magic formula derived from the Cabalah. The mighty creature is said to have saved the ghetto community from destruction. The Golem myth has survived for centuries in many forms because of its powerful mystical and political content.
In this most recent British version, a Golem is made by two unlikely friends: an elderly Jewish recluse and a young Bangladeshi boy. Both live in Spitalfields, which is in the throes of major redevelopment. What the two characters have in common at first is tailoring: both have worked in the local rag trade. However an even stronger bond develops when they try to stop the bulldozer from destroying the old man's home a disused synagogue in which his memories of a past era survive. They build a golem on a local demolition site, but with unexpected results
Biography
film director
Brett Turnbull
Brett Turnbull was born in Zimbabwe in 1961. Since emigrating to Great Britain in 1977, Turnbull has been involved in a variety of artistic activities. He was a founder member of various musical groups, initially as a musician and subsequently as visual director for live performance and music videos. The Golem of Princelet Street is his debut as a director of narrative cinema and also his graduation piece for the National Film and Television School.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Golem of Princelet Street (1991 ).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Brett Turnbull.
Director of photography: Neve Cunningham.
Art director: Miraphora Mina.
Editor: Rob Wallis.
Music: Stephen Endelman.
Sound: Ron Bailey, Ken Lee.
Cast and characters: David Graham (il vecchio ebreo), Tanzeem Tariq (il ragazzo bangladese).
Director of Production: Jessica Barford.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1LG, tel. 494671234, fax 494671234
Director of photography: Neve Cunningham.
Art director: Miraphora Mina.
Editor: Rob Wallis.
Music: Stephen Endelman.
Sound: Ron Bailey, Ken Lee.
Cast and characters: David Graham (il vecchio ebreo), Tanzeem Tariq (il ragazzo bangladese).
Director of Production: Jessica Barford.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield Studios, Station Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1LG, tel. 494671234, fax 494671234