Alraune (1918 film)
Alraune | |
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Directed by |
Michael Curtiz Edmund Fritz |
Written by |
Hanns Heinz Ewers (novel) Richárd Falk |
Starring |
Géza Erdélyi Gyula Gál |
Release dates | 1918 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Hungary |
Language |
Silent Hungarian intertitles |
Alraune is a 1918 Hungarian science fiction horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and Edmund Fritz and starring Géza Erdélyi. Little is known about this film which is now believed to be lost. It 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.
Cast
- Géza Erdélyi
- Gyula Gál as Alraune
- Kálmán Körmendy
- Margit Lux
- Rózsi Szöllösi
- Jenő Törzs
See also
- Michael Curtiz filmography
- Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne
- Alraune (1928 film)
- Alraune (1930 film)
- Alraune (1952 film)
- List of lost films
References
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
- Alraune at the Internet Movie Database
External links
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