Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Charlie RoellinghoffScreenplay
- Richard OswaldDirector
- Richard WeisbachScreenplay
- Bronislau KaperOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brigitte HelmAlraune ten Brinken
- Albert BassermannProfessor ten Brinken
- Harald PaulsenFrank Braun
- Adolf E. LichoAttorney
- Agnes StraubFürstin Wolkonski
- Bernhard GoetzkeDr. Petersen
- Martin KosleckWolfgang Petersen
- Käthe HaackFrau Raspe
- Ivan Koval-SamborskiyRaspe
- Liselotte SchaakOlga Wolkonski
- Paul Westermeiervon Walter
- Henry BenderThe Innkeeper
Themes
researchin vitro fertilisation