Alraune (1928) 2/10

Directed by Henrik Galeen Brigette Helm - Alraune ten Brinken Paul Wegener - Professor Jakob ten Brinken Following the tradition of Frankenstein Alraune is the story of a girl -- the fruit of a sordid experiment... created by a scientist, who inseminated a prostitute with the ’seed’ of a hanged criminal. Proferssor Brinken is interested in whether it is our genes or our enviroment which governs our personalities -- he adopts Alraune as his own and sends her to a convent school. Sure she will be saf