Alraune

6.1 (9 votes)• 1930• 103m•Released

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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.

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Languages: German

Director: Richard Oswald

Starring Cast: Brigitte Helm, Albert Bassermann, Harald Paulsen, Adolf E. Licho, Agnes Straub, Bernhard Goetzke

Cast

Brigitte Helm

Alraune ten Brinken

Albert Bassermann

Professor ten Brinken

Harald Paulsen

Frank Braun

Adolf E. Licho

Attorney

Agnes Straub

Fürstin Wolkonski

Bernhard Goetzke

Dr. Petersen

Martin Kosleck

Wolfgang Petersen

Käthe Haack

Frau Raspe

Ivan Koval-Samborskiy

Raspe

Liselotte Schaak

Olga Wolkonski

Paul Westermeier

von Walter

Henry Bender

The Innkeeper

Wilhelm Bendow

o. A.

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