Alraune
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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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Cast
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Brigitte Helm
Alraune ten Brinken
Known for
Metropolis
Albert Bassermann
Professor ten Brinken
Known for
The Red Shoes
Foreign Correspondent
Harald Paulsen
Frank Braun
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Mordsache Holm
Adolf E. Licho
Attorney
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Agnes Straub
Fürstin Wolkonski
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Bernhard Goetzke
Dr. Petersen
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Martin Kosleck
Wolfgang Petersen
Known for
Foreign Correspondent
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Käthe Haack
Frau Raspe
Known for
Münchhausen
Ivan Koval-Samborskiy
Raspe
Known for
Mother
Chess Fever
Liselotte Schaak
Olga Wolkonski
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Paprika
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Paul Westermeier
von Walter
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Henry Bender
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Richard Oswald Director · Charlie Roellinghoff Screenplay Richard Weisbach Screenplay
First release March 2, 1930 · Produced in Germany
Production
Richard Oswald Produktion
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · March 2, 1930
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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