Alraune (1928 film)

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Alraune
Directed by	Henrik Galeen
Produced by	Helmut Schreiber
Written by	Hanns Heinz Ewers(novel) Henrik Galeen
Starring	Brigitte Helm Paul Wegener
Music by	Willy Schmidt-Gentner
Cinematography	Franz Planer
Release date(s)	January 25, 1928
Running time	108mins
Country	Germany
Language	silent film German intertitles
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Alraune is a 1928 silent science fiction horror film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Brigitte Helm in which a prostitute is artificially inseminated with the semen of a hanged man. The story is based upon the legend of Alraune and the powers of the mandrake root to impregnate women. In this version the symbiosis caused by the sexual union between the human and the root causes the girl to kill all men who fall in love with her.

The film was produced by Ama-Film GmbH and distributed by Ama-Film GmbH in Germany and Ufa Film Company in the United States with English intertitles. The art direction was by Max Heilbronner and Walter Reimann with still photos by Walter Lichtenstein

1 Cast
2 Critical Reaction
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Brigitte Helm	Alraune ten Brinken
Paul Wegener	Prof. Jakob ten Brinken
Iván Petrovich	Franz Braun
Wolfgang Zilzer	Wölfchen
Louis Ralph	Der Zauberkünstler
Hans Trautner	Der Dompteur
John Loder	Der Vicomte
Mia Pankau	Die Dirne
Valeska Gert	Ein Mädchen von der Gasse
Georg John	Der Mörder
Alexander Sascha	Ein Herr im Coupé
Heinrich Schroth	Ein Herr in der Bar

[edit] Critical Reaction

The film has received a generally more positive reaction than the other versions based on the same myth. it has been described by leading science fiction author David Wingrove in his Science Fiction Source Book as "a frightening, erotic and highly emotional film with fine cinematography".