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Alraune

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.

Top Cast

  • Brigitte Helm

    Brigitte Helm

    Alraune ten Brinken

  • Albert Bassermann

    Albert Bassermann

    Professor ten Brinken

  • Harald Paulsen

    Harald Paulsen

    Frank Braun

  • Adolf E. Licho

    Adolf E. Licho

    Attorney

  • Agnes Straub

    Agnes Straub

    Fürstin Wolkonski

  • Bernhard Goetzke

    Bernhard Goetzke

    Dr. Petersen

  • Martin Kosleck

    Martin Kosleck

    Wolfgang Petersen

  • Käthe Haack

    Käthe Haack

    Frau Raspe

  • Ivan Koval-Samborskyi

    Ivan Koval-Samborskyi

    Raspe

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.

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