Alraune (1952 film)

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Alraune
Directed by	Arthur Maria Rabenalt
Produced by	Otto Lehmann Günther Stapenhorst
Written by	Hanns Heinz Ewers(novel) Kurt Heuser
Starring	Hildegard Knef Erich von Stroheim
Music by	Werner R. Heymann
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Release date(s)	October 23, 1952
Running time	92mins
Country	Germany
Language	German
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Alraune is a 1952 science fiction horror film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt in which a scientist creates a woman who is beautiful and yet soulless lacking any sense of morality. It is based upon the German myth of Alraune in which a woman is impregnated by a mandrake route. It is the fifth and as of 2006 the final movie to be based upon this myth.

The film was produced by Carlton Films and Deutsche Styria Film GmbH and distributed by Gloria in Germany and Distributors Corporation of America Inc. (DCA) in the United States in 1958 in a version dubbed into English.

[edit] Cast

Hildegard Knef as Alraune
Erich von Stroheim as Jacob ten Brinken
Karlheinz Böhm as Frank Braun
Harry Meyen as Count Geroldingen
Rolf Henniger as Wolf Goutram (Ralph Goutram in the US version)
Harry Halm as Doctor Mohn
Hans Cossy as Mathieu, the coachman
Gardy Brombacher as Lisbeth, the maid
Trude Hesterberg as Fuerstin Wolkonska (Princess Wolkonski in the US version)
Julia Koschka as Olga Wolkonska (Wolkonski in the US version)
Denise Vernac as Olga Wolkonska (Wolkonski in the US version)
Arno Ebert
Willem Holzboer