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Alraune (1918 film) 
Summary
Alraune is a 1918 Hungarian science fiction horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and Edmund Fritz. It starred Géza Erdélyi. Little is known about this film, and it is believed to be lost. Alraune is German for mandrake. The film is based on the novel Alraune by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers that was published in 1911.
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| Directed by | Michael Curtiz Edmund Fritz |
| Written by | Hanns Heinz Ewers (novel) Richárd Falk |
| Starring | Géza Erdélyi Gyula Gál |
Release date | 1918 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Languages | Silent Hungarian intertitles |
The plot is a variation on the original legend of Alraune, in which a mad scientist creates a beautiful — but demonic — child from the forced union between a woman and a mandrake root fed by the blood of a hanged man.[1]
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Cast edit
- Gyula Gál ... Professor Brinken
- Rózsi Szöllösi ... Alraune
- Kálmán Körmendy ... Frank Braun
- Böske Malatinszky ... Alma Raune, mother of Alraune
- Géza Erdélyi ... Farkas Gontran
- Andor Kardos ... Sebestyén Gontran, legal adviser
- András Kruppka ... Instructor Petersen (as Andor K. Kovács)
- Károly Árnyai ... Manesse attorney
- Margit Lux
- Violetta Szlatényi
- Jenő Törzs
- Viktor Daniel
- Boleszlav Szobierszki
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Alraune (1918) at SilentEra". Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2015-01-12.
Bibliography edit
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)[page needed][dubious ]
External links edit
- Alraune at IMDb
