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Alraune (1952 film)

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Alraune
German poster for Alraune
Directed byArthur Maria Rabenalt
Screenplay byKurt Heuser[1]
Produced byGünther Stapenhorst[1]
Starring
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund[1]
Edited byDoris Zeltmann[1]
Music byWerner Richard Heymann[1]
Distributed byGloria-Filmverleih GmbH
Release date
  • 23 October 1952 (1952-10-23) (Germany)
Running time
92 minutes[1]
CountryWest Germany[1]
LanguageGerman

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.

Cast

Release

Alraune was released in Germany on 23 October 1952 where it was distributed by Gloria-Filmverleih.[1]

Soundtrack

Reception

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."[2] 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".[2]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Alraune". Filmportal.de. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b Willis 1985, p. 93.

Sources

Further reading

  • Wingrove, David (1985). Science Fiction Film Source Book. Harlow, Essex, England: Longman. ISBN 0-582-89310-0.
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