Alraune (1918 film)
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Alraune | |
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz Edmund Fritz |
Written by | Hanns Heinz Ewers(novel) Richárd Falk |
Starring | Géza Erdélyi Gyula Gál |
Release date(s) | 1918 |
Running time | 80 mins |
Country | Hungary |
IMDb profile |
Alraune is a 1918 science fiction horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and Edmund Fritz. Little is known about this film which is now believed to be lost. It is a variation on the original legend of Alraune in which a Mad Scientist creates a beautiful but demonic child from the forced union between a woman and a Mandrake root.
[edit] Cast
- Géza Erdélyi
- Gyula Gál as Alraune
- Kálmán Körmendy
- Margit Lux
- Rózsi Szöllösi
- Jenö Törzs
[edit] See also
- Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne
- Alraune (1928 film)
- Alraune (1930 film)
- Alraune (1952 film)
[edit] References
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
- Internet Movie Database