Alraune (1928 film)
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| 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
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Cast
- Brigitte Helm as Alraune ten Brinken
- Paul Wegener as Prof. Jakob ten Brinken
- Iván Petrovich as Franz Braun
- Wolfgang Zilzer as Wölfchen
- Louis Ralph as Der Zauberkünstler
- Hans Trautner as Der Dompteur
- John Loder as Der Vicomte
- Mia Pankau as Die Dirne
- Valeska Gert as Ein Mädchen von der Gasse
- Georg John as Der Mörder
- Alexander Sascha as Ein Herr im Coupé
- Heinrich Schroth as Ein Herr in der Bar
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".
See also
- Alraune (1918 film)
- Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne
- Alraune (1930 film)
- Alraune (1952 film)
References
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
- Internet Movie Database
- Scifilm review
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