In a bleak dystopian alternate future, a solitary worker suffers a breakdown after being interrogated about crimes he has no recollection of committing. Is he a real human, or a clone created by scientists in an attempt to engineer a new, more submissive race of humans?
A dark satire of Communist Poland in the late 1970s, Piotr Szulkin's Kafkaesque science-fiction allegory is a precursor to Blade Runner, and evokes the apocalyptic landscape of Tarkovsky's Stalker. Golem's troubling depiction of irresponsible science, fake news and unfettered AI now mark it as wholly prescient.
This set also includes for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray a selection of Piotr Szulkin's early short film works, newly remastered in HD.
Blu-ray special features:
• Golem (1979) presented from a 2K restoration by WFDiF Poland, supervised by its late director Piotr Szulkin and sound engineer Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewski.
• An all-new audio commentary by writer, producer and Polish cinema specialist Michael Brooke.
• Four of Piotr Szulkin's early short films, presented for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray, and newly remastered in HD:
- One, Two, Three (Raz, dwa, trzy, 1972)
- Everything (Wszystko, 1972)
- A Sketch in Six Parts (Szkic do sześciu części, 1973)
- Copyright Film Polski MCMLXXVI (1976)
• Piotr Szulkin's annotated script/storyboard for Copyright Film Polski MCMLXXVI
• Booklet featuring essays by Tomasz Kolankiewicz and Michał Oleszczyk.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• UK premiere on Blu-ray.
• Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C).