Alraune 1930

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Science Fiction

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.

Release Date 1930-03-02
Runtime 1h 43m
Directors Richard Oswald, Günther Krampf, Felix Günther
Producers Erich Pommer, Richard Oswald
Writers Hanns Heinz Ewers, Charlie Roellinghoff, Richard Weisbach