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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 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.
Original Release
01/25/1928
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Brigitte Helm | Alraune ten Brinken |
| Paul Wegener | Prof. Jakob ten Brinken / Professor ten Brinken |
| Iván Petrovich | Franz Braun |
| Wolfgang Zilzer | Wölfchen |
| Louis Ralph | Der Zauberkünstler / Magician |
| Hans Trautner | Der Dompteur / Trainer |
| John Loder | Der Vicomte / Viscount |
| Mia Pankau | Die Dirne / Prostitute |
| Valeska Gert | Ein Mädchen von der Gasse / Girl in Alley |
| Georg John | Der Mörder |
Directors
Writers
Henrik Galeen, Hanns Heinz Ewers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Brigitte Helm | Alraune ten Brinken |
| Paul Wegener | Prof. Jakob ten Brinken / Professor ten Brinken |
| Iván Petrovich | Franz Braun |
| Wolfgang Zilzer | Wölfchen |
| Louis Ralph | Der Zauberkünstler / Magician |
| Hans Trautner | Der Dompteur / Trainer |
| John Loder | Der Vicomte / Viscount |
| Mia Pankau | Die Dirne / Prostitute |
| Valeska Gert | Ein Mädchen von der Gasse / Girl in Alley |
| Georg John | Der Mörder |
| Alexander Sascha | Ein Herr im Coupé / Man in Coupe |
| Heinrich Schroth | Ein Herr in der Bar / Man in Bar |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Helmut Schreiber | Producer |
