Alraune (1952 film)

Alraune
German poster for Alraune
Directed byArthur Maria Rabenalt
Screenplay byKurt Heuser
Based onThe novel, Alraune, by Hanns Heinz Ewers
Produced byGünther Stapenhorst, Carlton-Film, Deutsche Syria Film GmbH
Starring
CinematographyFriedl Behn-Grund
Edited byDoris Zeltmann
Music byWerner Richard Heymann
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
  • Deutsche Styria-Film GmbH
  • Carlton Film GmbH
Distributed byGloria-Filmverleih GmbH
Release date
  • 23 October 1952 (1952-10-23) (Germany)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

Alraune, later renamed Unnatural: The Fruit of Evil, is a 1952 West German horror 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. The plot involves a scientist (von Stroheim) who creates a woman (Knef) who is beautiful yet soulless, lacking any sense of morality.