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Alraune (1930)

Alraune (1930)

Science Fiction Horror
Release Date: 1930, March 2
Directors: Richard Oswald
Countries: Germany
Production: Richard Oswald Produktion
Cast: Brigitte Helm, Martin Kosleck, Käthe Haack, Paul Westermeier, Ivan Koval-Samborskiy, Harald Paulsen, Bernhard Goetzke, Albert Bassermann, Wilhelm Bendow, Adolf E. Licho, Liselotte Schaak, Agnes Straub

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.

Keywords:

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