Alraune (1928 film)
| Alraune | |
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| Directed by | Henrik Galeen |
| Screenplay by | Henrik Galeen |
| Based on | Alraune by Hanns Heinz Ewers |
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| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Music by | Willy Schmidt-Gentner |
Production company | Ama-Film GmbH |
| Distributed by | Ama-Film GmbH |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
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Alraune is a 1928 German 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. In this version, the blasphemous sexual union causes the progeny (a daughter) to grow to adulthood quickly, behave in a sexually promiscuous fashion and cause the men who fall in love with her nothing but hardship, heartache and financial ruin, if not death.