Movie

Alraune (1930)

• March 2, 1930
• 1h 43m

• Science Fiction
• Horror

Overview

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.

Director

Richard Oswald

Writers

Charlie Roellinghoff, Richard Weisbach, Hanns Heinz Ewers

Starring

Brigitte Helm, Albert Bassermann, Harald Paulsen