A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
March 2, 1930
Original Title:
Alraune
Alternate Titles:
Daughter of Evil
Genres:
Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Richard Oswald Produktion
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 103
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.
Art Direction:
Hans Sohnle
Otto Erdmann
Franz Schroedter
Director:
Richard Oswald
Director of Photography:
Günther Krampf
Makeup Artist:
Oscar Schmidt
Hermann Rosenthal
Music Director:
Felix Günther
Novel:
Hanns Heinz Ewers
Original Music Composer:
Bronislau Kaper
Producer:
Erich Pommer
Richard Oswald
Screenplay:
Charlie Roellinghoff
Richard Weisbach
Sound:
Erich Leistner
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