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Insane doctor Ten Brinken, using the semen of a dead man, artificially inseminate a prostitute. The resultant child grows up to be a beautiful but evil woman who turns against the man who created her.

A print of the U.S. release version titled 'Sacrifice' exists in the archives of Eastman Museum.

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    • Author: Ienekan
    The first German film to bear the title ALRAUNE, this movie is a rather conventional ghost story about a woman whose life bears an amazing similarity to that of her ancestor, who was burned as a witch. The ALRAUNE of the title comes from a reference to the mandrake root, which the heroine employs to save her dying child. Aside from that, there is nothing at all to connect this film with the famous Hanns Heinz Ewers novel, upon which historians have mistakenly claimed this film was based. The film was released in the U.S. under the title SACRIFICE, and a print can be found at George Eastman House. The novel was filmed more-or-less straight in 1928 (the classic version, with Paul Wegener and Brigitte Helm), in 1930 (a talky, slow-moving remake, again with Helm), and in 1952 (with Von Stroheim). The other 1918 version, shot in Hungary, is believed to be lost, and may or may not be closer to the Ewers novel than this German film.

    Jay Salsberg
  • Credited cast:
    Szokol Aoles Szokol Aoles - Gabriella
    Max Auzinger Max Auzinger
    Joseph Klein Joseph Klein - (as Josef Klein)
    Friedrich Kühne Friedrich Kühne
    Ernst Rennspies Ernst Rennspies
    Tatjana Sand Tatjana Sand
    Gustav Adolf Semler Gustav Adolf Semler
    Hilde Wolter Hilde Wolter - Alraune
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