Movielogr
Alraune (1930)
Directed by Richard Oswald
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.
Length 103 minutes
Actors
Brigitte Helm | Paul Westermeier | Wilhelm Bendow | Albert Bassermann | Harald Paulsen | Adolf E. Licho | Agnes Straub | Bernhard Goetzke | Martin Kosleck | Käthe Haack | Ivan Koval-Samborsky | Liselotte Schaak | Henry Bender