Alraune (1952)

19521h 27mdir. Arthur Maria RabenaltGermanGermanyhorror filmscience fiction film

Note: this print runs 87 minutes against a recorded 92 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Karlheinz Böhm, Harry Meyen, Rolf Henniger, Harry Halm, Hans Cossy, Trude Hesterberg

Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt

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Alraune, later renamed Unnatural: The Fruit of Evil, is a 1952 West German horror science fiction film, directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim. The film is based on the 1911 novel Alraune by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers. The plot involves a scientist (von Stroheim) who creates a woman (Knef) who is beautiful yet soulless, lacking any sense of morality.

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.

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