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Alraune is a 1952 West German science fiction directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim. The film involves a scientist (von Stroheim), who creates a woman who is beautiful and yet soulless, lacking any sense of morality.
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| Directed by | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| Produced by | Günther Stapenhorst |
| Screenplay by | Kurt Heuser |
| Based on | The novel, Alraune, by Hanns Heinz Ewers |
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| Music by | Werner Richard Heymann |
| Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| Edited by | Doris Zeltmann |
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| Distributed by | Gloria-Filmverleih GmbH |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
Screenplay
- Hildegard Knef as Alraune
- Erich von Stroheim as Jacob ten Brinken
- Karlheinz Böhm as Frank Braun
- Harry Meyen as Count Geroldingen
- Rolf Henniger as Wolf Goutram
- Harry Halm as Doctor Mohn
- Hans Cossy as Mathieu, the coachman
- Gardy Brombacher as Lisbeth, the maid
- Trude Hesterberg as Fuerstin Wolkonska
- Julia Koschka as Olga Wolkonska
- Denise Vernac as Mademoiselle Duvaliere
- Arno Ebert
- Willem Holzboer
Alraune was released in Germany on 23 October 1952 where it was distributed by Gloria-Filmverleih.
- Hildegard Knef - "Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen" (Music by Werner R. Heymann, lyrics by Robert Gilbert)
In a contemporary review, Variety noted that "in the early 1900s, when the H. H. Ewers novel Alraune cut a swatch in the German-language world the very thought of artificial insemination of humans was mentionable only in whispers." and that "times and sensations change." The review opined that Knef's acting had "limited range" and that von Stroheim produces "only a laboured setting for a range of costumes changes and phony thunderstorms for the lethal Alraune".
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