Alraune (1930 film)
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Alraune is a 1930
science fiction
horror
film
directed by Richard Oswald
. Like the previous version
this movie again features Brigitte Helm
in the role of Alraune. This version aimed for greater realism but is still based upon the original German myth
The film was produced by Richard-Oswald-Produktion and distributed by Universum Film AG
(UFA) in Germany and UFA Film Company in the United States with English subtitles. The art direction was by Otto Erdmann
and Hans Sohnle
1930 in film
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science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed by Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald
Richard Oswald was an Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter.Richard Oswald, born in Vienna as Richard W. Ornstein, began his career as an actor on the Viennese stage. He made his film directorial debut at age 34 with Das Eiserne Kreuz...
. Like the previous version
Alraune (1928 film)
Alraune is a 1928 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...
this movie again features Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.-Career:...
in the role of Alraune. This version aimed for greater realism but is still based upon the original German myth
Alraune
Alraune is a novel by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers published in 1911. It is also the name of the female lead character.-Legend:...
The film was produced by Richard-Oswald-Produktion and distributed by Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
(UFA) in Germany and UFA Film Company in the United States with English subtitles. The art direction was by Otto Erdmann
Otto Erdmann
Otto Wilhelm Eduard Erdmann was a German Realism-Impressionism painter, famous for his fine interior scenes with figures from the 18th century. The artist created a series of engravings for the Belgian publication European illustrations circa 1870. Works of Erdmann are displayed in the museum of...
and Hans Sohnle
Cast
- Brigitte HelmBrigitte HelmBrigitte Helm was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.-Career:...
as Alraune ten Brinken/Alma, a bar girl - Albert BassermannAlbert BassermannAlbert Bassermann was a German stage and screen actor.-Career:Bassermann began his acting career in 1887 in his birthplace, Mannheim. He then spent four years at the Hoftheater in Meiningen. He then moved to Berlin. From 1899, he worked for Otto Brahm. He began work at the Deutsches Theater...
as Privy Councillor ten Brinken - Harald PaulsenHarald PaulsenHarald Paulsen was a German actor. He appeared in 125 films between 1920 and 1954.He was born in Elmshorn, Germany and died in Hamburg.-Selected filmography:* Desires * Die Tödlichen Träume...
as Frank Braun - Adolf E. Licho as Attorney-at-law Manasse
- Agnes StraubAgnes Straub-Selected filmography:* Wilhelm Tell * Die vier Musketiere * Fridericus * So You Don't Know Korff Yet? -External links:...
as Fuerstin Wolkonski - Bernhard GoetzkeBernhard GoetzkeBernhard Goetzke was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1917 and 1961.He was born in Danzig and died in Berlin.-Selected filmography:...
as Dr. Petersen - Martin KosleckMartin KosleckMartin Kosleck was a German film actor. Like many other German actors, he fled when the Nazis came to power. Inspired by his deep hatred of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, Kosleck would make a career in Hollywood playing villainous Nazis in films. While in the United States, he would appear in more...
as Wolfgang Petersen - Käthe HaackKäthe HaackKäthe Haack was a German actress. She appeared in over 200 films between 1915 and 1980.She was born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack in Berlin, Germany and was previously married to actor Heinrich Schroth, with whom she had a daughter, actress Hannelore Schroth in 1922.-Selected...
as Frau Raspe - Ivan Koval-Samborsky as Raspe
- Liselotte Schaak as Olga Wolkonski
- Paul WestermeierPaul Westermeier-Selected filmography:* Alraune * The Star of Valencia * Morgenrot * If I Were King * Paul und Pauline * Fridericus * The White Horse Inn * Sauerbruch – Das war mein Leben...
as Von Walter - Henry Bender as The innkeeper
- Elsa Basserman as A lady
- Wilhelm Bendow
See also
- Alraune (1918 film)Alraune (1918 film)Alraune is a 1918 science fiction horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and Edmund Fritz and starring Géza Erdélyi. Little is known about this film which is now believed to be lost...
- Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote HanneAlraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote HanneAlraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne is a 1918 silent science fiction horror film directed by Eugen Illés and Joseph Klein and starring Max Auzinger in which a Doctor uses the sperm of a dead man to impregnate a prostitute...
- Alraune (1928 film)Alraune (1928 film)Alraune is a 1928 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...
- Alraune (1952 film)Alraune (1952 film)Alraune is a 1952 science fiction horror film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hildegard Knef in which a scientist creates a woman who is beautiful and yet soulless, lacking any sense of morality. It is based upon the German myth of Alraune in which a woman is impregnated by a...