Alraune is a 1918 Hungarian science fiction horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and Edmund Fritz. It starred Géza Erdélyi. Little is known about this film which is now believed to be lost. Alraune is German for "Mandrake". The film is based on a novel by German novelist Hanns Heinz Ewers published in 1911.

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Alraune
Directed by	Michael Curtiz Edmund Fritz
Written by	Hanns Heinz Ewers (novel) Richárd Falk
Starring	Géza Erdélyi Gyula Gál
Release date	1918 (1918)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Hungary
Languages	Silent Hungarian intertitles

The plot 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 fed by the blood of a hanged man.[1]

Cast

See also

• Michael Curtiz filmography
• List of lost films
• Alraune (1928 film), remake

References

• Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)^{[page needed][dubious – discuss]}

External links

• Alraune at IMDb

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