I agree with Amy's review. This episode is worthy of the Golem legend. it has the feel of a parable, a message applicable to any time. Compared to the rest of cbs rmt, this episode certainly stands out.

When I was 15 I remember listening to this episode on 580 WIBW in Topeka between 10 and 11 p.m. I fell asleep between act 2 and 3 during the commercials and was frustrated the next morning I did not hear the ending. That would happen during several episodes. Very frustrating back then unless I heard the repeat episode. I just heard the ending after 36 years. Great episode.

Set in WWII as a country woodsman finds himself in a dilemma as he as chooses to help a Jewish women and her grandfather as the Nazis chase them. The grandfather is imbued with a mystical power that he claims can bring a champion to defend them. Good moral, not too cheesy. Solid performances

This is a modern "sequel' to the folk tale of the Golem. Traditionally the Golem was made by Rabbi Loew (Loeb) of Prague in the 16th century... I suppose the preferred version has the Golem created to protect the Jews from the Christian majority but there's more than one version and a lot of different details. Certainly the Golem was a human-like figure of clay, animated by magic, which proved to be a great danger even to it's creators. This story is set somewhere in eastern europe under the nazi occupation. There is an interesting but undeveloped idea that the Golem might be a metaphor for atomic weapons... The old man fleeing the nazis is said to have been a chemist in Prague working on a formula which would "release explosive forces many times more powerful than dynamite" Mixed in with the ethical drama about a forester who endangers himself and his family to assist the old man and his grand-daughter there is a genuine supernatural element. A decent episode with an imperfect ending - which leaves a lot unresolved.