Alraune

Based On the book by Hanns Heinz Ewers

Alraune is a 1928 German silent science fiction horror film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Brigitte Helm in which a prostitute is artificially inseminated with the semen of a hanged man. The story is based upon the legend of Alraune. In this version, the blasphemous sexual union causes the progeny (a daughter) to grow to adulthood quickly, behave in a sexually promiscuous fashion and cause the men who fall in love with her nothing but hardship, heartache and financial ruin, if not death.

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Release date:

1928

Director:

Henrik Galeen

Cast:

Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Iván Petrovich, Georg John, Wolfgang Zilzer

Genre:

Science Fiction, Horror, Erotic, Silent

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Year page:

1928 in adaptations