Alraune

Science Fiction · 1934

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.

Starring

Brigitte Helm, Erich Pommer, Günther Krampf, Albert Bassermann, Bronislau Kaper, Harald Paulsen, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Adolf E. Licho, Richard Oswald, Agnes Straub

Director

Richard Oswald