Alraune (1952)
1h 32m
Running Time
October 22, 1952Release Date
Plot.
In the 1800s, a stormy love relationship develops quickly between a young medical student and a woman believing herself to be the daughter of his scientist uncle, the student having never heard of her before their chance encounter and both unaware that she is the result of the scientist's illegal experiments with artificial insemination.
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Cast & Crew.
Hildegard Knef
Alraune
Erich von Stroheim
Jacob ten Brinken
Karlheinz Böhm
Frank Braun
Harry Halm
Doctor Mohn
Hans Cossy
Mathieu
Harry Meyen
Count Geroldingen
Trude Hesterberg
Gräfin Wolkonska
Julia Koschka
Olga Wolkonska
Denise Vernac
Mlle. Duvaliere
Gardy Brombacher
Lisbeth
Willem Holsboer
Rolf Henniger
Wolf Goutram
Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Director
Hanns Heinz Ewers
Novel
Kurt Heuser
Screenplay
Otto Lehmann
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 22, 1952
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
artificial insemination
dark secrets
painter as artist
mad scientist
count
19th century
self-doubt
human experiment
illegal activity
narcism
medical student
morality tale
corrupt princess
social distancing
mad lab
feeling different
lack of feelings
multiple lovers
mandrake root
french governess
Wiki.
Alraune, later renamed Unnatural: The Fruit of Evil, is a 1952 black and white West German science fiction film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt, based on the 1911 novel Alraune by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers, starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim. The film involves a scientist (von Stroheim) who creates a woman (Knef) who is beautiful and yet soulless, lacking any sense of morality.
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