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Alraune
Also known as [Daughter of Destiny], [Mandragore], [Mandrake], [Unholy Love]
(1928) Germany
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 3346 or 3302? metres
Directed by Henrik Galeen
Cast: Brigitte Helm [Alraune ten Brinken], Paul Wegener [Professor Jakob ten Brinken], Ivan Petrovitch [sein neffe Franz Braun], Wolfgang Zilzer [Wölfchen], Louis Ralph [der zauberkünstler (the conjurer)], Hans Trautner [der dompteur], John Loder [der vicomte (the count)], Mia Pankau [die dirne (the harlot)], Valeska Gert [ein Mädchen von der Gasse], Georg John [der mörder (the murderer)], Alexander Sascha [ein herr im Coupé (a gentleman in the coupe)], Heinrich Schroth [ein herr im der bar (a man in the bar)]
Ama-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung production; distributed by Ama-Film Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung. / Produced by Helmut Screiber. Scenario by Henrik Galeen, from the novel Alraune by Hanns Heinz Ewers. Production management by Helmuth Schreiber. Production design by Max Heilbronner and Walter Reimann. Cinematography by Franz Planer. Still photography by Walter Lichtenstein. Music score composed by Willy Schmidt-Gentner. / Premiered 25 January 1928 at the [?] Capitol Theatre? in Berlin, Germany. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / German censor certificate numbers: B.17884 (16 January 1928) and O.00067 (20 January 1928). / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
Listing updated: 28 September 2013.
References: Baer-Film pp. 6, 60; Bardèche-History p. 252; O’Leary-Silent p. ? : Website-Filmportal; Website-IMDb.
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