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Sacrifice (1918) · Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne

Original title: Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne

1918 · Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein · 88 min · Germany

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Synopsis

Mad scientist, doctor Ten Brinken artificially inseminates a prostitute with a dead man's semen. The resulting child grows up to be a beautiful, evil woman who turns against her creator.

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Why watch it?

A 1918 title built around Sci-fi and Silent film. Directed by Eugen Illés, Joseph Klein.

Who is it for?

You’ll like it if you enjoy

Not ideal if you are looking for

  • Paranormal
  • Body horror
  • Witchcraft
  • Bestiary

Influences

  1. 1900
    The Astronomer's Dream
  2. 1900
    Uncle Josh in a Spooky Hotel
  3. 1900
    Turn-of-the-Century Surgery
  4. 1908
    The Hotel of Silence
  5. 1910
    Frankenstein
  6. 1918
    Sacrifice

International titles

Chinese
阿尔劳娜

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A Daughter Of Destiny
A Daughter Of DestinyHanns Heinz Ewers' grim science-fiction novel Alraune has already been filmed twice when this version was assembled in 1928. In another of his "mad doctor" roles, Paul Wegener plays Professor Brinken, sociopathic scientist who combines the genes of an executed murderer with those of a prostitute. The result is a beautiful young woman named Alraune (Brigitte Helm), who is incapable of feeling any real emotions -- least of all guilt or regret. Upon attaining adulthood, Alraune sets about to seduce and destroy every male who crosses her path. Ultimately, Professor Brinken is hoist on his own petard when he falls hopelessly in love with Alraune himself. Alraune was remade in 1930, with Brigitte Helm repeating her role, and again in 1951, with Hildegarde Knef as the "heroine" and Erich von Stroheim as her misguided mentor.
Turn-of-the-Century Surgery
Turn-of-the-Century SurgeryGeorge Mélies made a version of this a few years later, often titled Une Indigestion, but Guy-Blaché’s earlier film Chirurgie Fin de Siecle (1900) is more widely available. And it’s not one to watch the night before an operation. In this clinic, a sign pleads “On est prie de ne pas crier/Please do not cry”, and the doctors set about the patient with saws, cheerily hacking off limbs, and then slopping them into a bucket, all the while arguing ferociously with each other. They then reattach arms and legs from a bucket of “exchange pieces” (using glue) before re-animating their victim, I mean patient, with bellows. (from http://silentlondon.co.uk/2015/01/23/10-disgusting-moments-in-silent-cinema/)