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Alraune (1930)
Directed by Richard Oswald
Science Fiction, Horror · 1h 43m
A scientist, Professor Jakob ten Brinken, interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer. The prostitute conceives a female child who has no concept of love, whom the professor adopts. The girl, Alraune, suffers from obsessive sexuality and perverse relationships throughout her life. She learns of her unnatural origins and she avenges herself against the professor.
Cast
Brigitte Helm
Alraune ten Brinken
Albert Bassermann
Professor ten Brinken
Harald Paulsen
Frank Braun
Adolf E. Licho
Attorney
Agnes Straub
Fürstin Wolkonski
Bernhard Goetzke
Dr. Petersen
Martin Kosleck
Wolfgang Petersen
Käthe Haack
Frau Raspe
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Raspe
Liselotte Schaak
Olga Wolkonski
Paul Westermeier
von Walter
H
Henry Bender
The Innkeeper
Crew
- Director
- Richard Oswald
- Screenplay
- Charlie Roellinghoff, Richard Weisbach
- Novel
- Hanns Heinz Ewers
- Director of Photography
- Günther Krampf
- Original Music Composer
- Bronislau Kaper
- Producer
- Erich Pommer, Richard Oswald
Details
- Release date
- 1930-03-02
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Horror
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Richard Oswald Produktion