Released:
1930-03-02

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.

Director:
Richard Oswald

Runtime:
1h 43min

Genre:
Science Fiction, Horror

• Cast:
• 
  Brigitte Helm
  as
  Alraune ten Brinken
• 
  Albert Bassermann
  as
  Professor ten Brinken
• 
  Harald Paulsen
  as
  Frank Braun
• 
  Adolf E. Licho
  as
  Attorney
• 
  Agnes Straub
  as
  Fürstin Wolkonski