Alraune
2 March 1930| 103 min
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.
Genres
Science FictionHorror
Cast
Brigitte Helm
Albert Bassermann
Harald Paulsen
Adolf E. Licho
Agnes Straub
Bernhard Goetzke
Martin Kosleck
Käthe Haack
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Liselotte Schaak
Paul Westermeier
Henry Bender
Wilhelm Bendow
