Alraune
- Released on
- Runtime
- 103 mins
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.
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
- Albert Bassermann
- Harald Paulsen
- Adolf E. Licho
- Agnes Straub
- Bernhard Goetzke
- Martin Kosleck
- Käthe Haack
- Ivan Koval-Samborskyi
- Liselotte Schaak
- Paul Westermeier
- Henry Bender
- Wilhelm Bendow
Director
- Richard Oswald
Producers
- Erich Pommer
- Richard Oswald
Screenwriter
- Charlie Roellinghoff
- Richard Weisbach
