Alraune

Alraune

1930
1h 43m
5.7

5.7/10

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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.

Status: Released

Language: DE

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Production Information

Production Companies
Richard Oswald Produktion
Production Countries
Germany
Spoken Languages
German

Quick Facts

Release Date March 2, 1930
Status Released
Language DE
IMDb ID tt0020635

Cast

Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm

Alraune ten Brinken

Albert Bassermann
Albert Bassermann

Professor ten Brinken

Harald Paulsen
Harald Paulsen

Frank Braun

Adolf E. Licho
Adolf E. Licho

Attorney

Agnes Straub
Agnes Straub

Fürstin Wolkonski

Bernhard Goetzke
Bernhard Goetzke

Dr. Petersen

Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck

Wolfgang Petersen

Käthe Haack
Käthe Haack

Frau Raspe

Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy

Raspe

Liselotte Schaak
Liselotte Schaak

Olga Wolkonski

Paul Westermeier
Paul Westermeier

von Walter

Henry Bender
Henry Bender

The Innkeeper

Key Crew

Charlie Roellinghoff
Screenplay
Richard Oswald
Director
Richard Weisbach
Screenplay
Erich Pommer
Producer
Richard Oswald
Producer