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Film / 1930
Alraune
Directed by
Richard Oswald
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Brigitte HelmAlraune ten Brinken
Albert BassermannProfessor ten Brinken
Harald PaulsenFrank Braun
Adolf E. LichoAttorney
Agnes StraubFürstin Wolkonski
Bernhard GoetzkeDr. Petersen
Martin KosleckWolfgang Petersen
Käthe HaackFrau Raspe
Ivan Koval-SamborskiyRaspe
Liselotte SchaakOlga Wolkonski
Paul Westermeiervon Walter
Henry BenderThe Innkeeper
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