Alraune (1930)
1h 43m
Running Time
March 2, 1930Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Brigitte Helm
Alraune ten Brinken / Alma, a bar girl
Albert Bassermann
Privy Councillor ten Brinken
Harald Paulsen
Frank Braun, his nephew
Adolf E. Licho
Attorney-at-law Manasse
Agnes Straub
Fürstin Wolkonski
Bernhard Goetzke
Dr. Petersen
Richard Oswald
Director
Martin Kosleck
Wolfgang Petersen
Hanns Heinz Ewers
Writer
Charlie Roellinghoff
Writer
Käthe Haack
Frau Raspe
Richard Weisbach
Writer
Ivan Koval-Samborskyi
Raspe
Liselotte Schaak
Olga Wolkonski
Erich Pommer
Producer
Bronislau Kaper
Composer
Details.
Wiki.
Alraune is a German science fiction horror film directed by Richard Oswald. Like the 1928 version, this movie again features Brigitte Helm in the role of Alraune. This version aimed for greater realism but is still based upon the original German myth.