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Alraune, later renamed Unnatural: The Fruit of Evil, is a 1952 black and white West German 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.
Alraune: Directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt. With Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Trude Hesterberg, Denise Vernac. A scientist creates a beautiful "perfect woman", but since she is artificial, she seems soul-less and with no sense of morality, she brings ruin to all around her.
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- Horror, Sci-Fi
- Arthur Maria Rabenalt
- 1957-02
Medical student Frank Braun [Carlheinz Böhm] arrives at the estate of his uncle, Professor Jacob ten Brinken [Erich von Stroheim], to ask for money so that he can continue his studies. His uncle is not home, but Frank is surprised to see a beautiful young girl seated on the railing of a second story porch at the top of a trellis.
Alraune (1952) 12 01/01/1957 (US) Drama , Science Fiction , Romance 1h 32m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. Born outside the laws of God and man! Overview.
Hildegard Knef plays the eponymous Alraune, a femme fatale in the truest sense, luring men to their untimely deaths; beautiful, alluring, but heartless. The source material is adapted for the times - Alraune is the product of artificial insemination, and as such should be viewed as being against nature; she…
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- Deutsche Styria Film Gmbh, Carlton-Film
- Arthur Maria Rabenalt
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Alraune is a 1952 West German science fiction horror film directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt and starring Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim. The film involves a scientist (von Stroheim), who creates woman who creates a woman who is beaotiful and yet soulles, lacking any sense of morality.
The femme fatale in this movie is Alraune. She is the result of the artificial insemination of a prostitute by a murderer. This 'unnatural union of tainted blood' is posited as the reason for her selfishness, emotional frigidity and destructiveness.
