Alraune (1930)

04 May 1934 • Sci-Fi • 1h 43m

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.

Richard Oswald
Director

Hanns Heinz Ewers, Charlie Roellinghoff, Richard Weisbach
Writer

Brigitte Helm, Albert Bassermann, Harald Paulsen
Starring

Language: German
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Country: Germany
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6.3

IMDb (109 votes)