Alraune (1930)
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.
- Released
- 1930-03-02
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Horror
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Charlie Roellinghoff, Richard Oswald, Richard Weisbach
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 9 votes
Cast
- Brigitte Helm as Alraune ten Brinken
- Albert Bassermann as Professor ten Brinken
- Harald Paulsen as Frank Braun
- Adolf E. Licho as Attorney
- Agnes Straub as Fürstin Wolkonski
- Bernhard Goetzke as Dr. Petersen
- Martin Kosleck as Wolfgang Petersen
- Käthe Haack as Frau Raspe
- Ivan Koval-Samborskiy as Raspe
- Liselotte Schaak as Olga Wolkonski
- Paul Westermeier as von Walter
- Henry Bender as The Innkeeper