Alraune

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Brigitte HelmAlraune ten Brinken

Albert BassermannProfessor ten Brinken

Harald PaulsenFrank Braun

Adolf E. LichoAttorney

Agnes StraubFürstin Wolkonski

Bernhard GoetzkeDr. Petersen

Martin KosleckWolfgang Petersen

Käthe HaackFrau Raspe

Ivan Koval-SamborskiyRaspe

Liselotte SchaakOlga Wolkonski

Paul Westermeiervon Walter

Henry Bender

Henry BenderThe Innkeeper