A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
1h 48m
Running Time
January 25, 1928Release Date
A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
1h 48m
Running Time
January 25, 1928Release Date
Plot.
Hanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, sociopathic scientist who combines the genes of an executed murderer with those of a prostitute. The result is a beautiful young woman named Alraune (Brigitte Helm), who is incapable of feeling any real emotions -- least of all guilt or regret. Upon attaining adulthood, Alraune sets about to seduce and destroy every male who crosses her path. Ultimately, Professor Brinken is hoist on his own petard when he falls hopelessly in love with Alraune himself. Alraune was remade in 1930, with Brigitte Helm repeating her role, and again in 1951, with Hildegarde Knef as the "heroine" and Erich von Stroheim as her misguided mentor.
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Cast & Crew.

Brigitte Helm
Alraune ten Brinken

Paul Wegener
Professor ten Brinken

Iván Petrovich
Franz Braun

Mia Pankau
Prostitute

Valeska Gert
Girl in Alley

Wolfgang Zilzer
Wölfchen

Louis Ralph
Magician

Hans Trautner
Trainer
Media.



Details.
Release DateJanuary 25, 1928
Original NameAlraune
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 48m
Genres
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Wiki.
Alraune is a 1928 German silent science fiction horror film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Brigitte Helm in which a prostitute is artificially inseminated with the semen of a hanged man. The story is based upon the legend of Alraune. In this version, the blasphemous sexual union causes the progeny (a daughter) to grow to adulthood quickly, behave in a sexually promiscuous fashion and cause the men who fall in love with her nothing but hardship, heartache and financial ruin, if not death.
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