Movie
Alraune
Released: March 2, 1930 (1930)
Runtime: 103 minutes
Genres: Science Fiction, Horror
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Albert Bassermann as Professor ten Brinken
Age at release: 62
- Adolf E. Licho as Attorney
Age at release: 53
- Bernhard Goetzke as Dr. Petersen
Age at release: 45
- Agnes Straub as Fürstin Wolkonski
Age at release: 39
- Ivan Koval-Samborskyi as Raspe
Age at release: 36
- Harald Paulsen as Frank Braun
Age at release: 34
- Käthe Haack as Frau Raspe
Age at release: 32
- Martin Kosleck as Wolfgang Petersen
Age at release: 25
- Brigitte Helm as Alraune ten Brinken
Age at release: 23
- Liselotte Schaak as Olga Wolkonski
Age at release: 21
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- Henry Bender as The Innkeeper
Age at release: 62
- Wilhelm Bendow as o. A.
Age at release: 45
- Paul Westermeier as von Walter
Age at release: 37