---
title: 'Alraune (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Arthur Maria Rabenalt'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/alraune-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044344/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Alraune (1952)

1952 · 92 min · Science Fiction, Horror · Germany


## Synopsis

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 who creates a woman (Knef) who is beautiful yet soulless, lacking any sense of morality.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Arthur Maria Rabenalt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-maria-rabenalt)
- **Screenplay:** [Kurt Heuser](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-heuser)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner R. Heymann](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-r-heymann)
- **Producer:** [Günther Stapenhorst](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-stapenhorst)
- **Director of Photography:** [Friedl Behn-Grund](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedl-behn-grund)

## Cast

- [Karlheinz Böhm](https://cinepixo.com/people/karlheinz-bohm)
- [Hans Cossy](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-cossy)
- [Harry Halm](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-halm)
- [Harry Meyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-meyen)
- [Denise Vernac](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-vernac)
- [Rolf Henniger](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolf-henniger)
- [Willem Holsboer](https://cinepixo.com/people/willem-holsboer)
- [Erich von Stroheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-von-stroheim)
- [Hildegard Knef](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-knef)
- [Trude Hesterberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/trude-hesterberg)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/alraune-1952
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