Mandrake (1952)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Mandrake |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1952 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Arthur Maria Rabenalt |
| script | Kurt Heuser |
| production | Deutsche Styria Film GmbH Carlton-Filmgesellschaft mbH, Munich ( Günther Stapenhorst ) |
| music | Werner Richard Heymann |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| cut | Doris Zeltmann |
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Alraune is a German horror film from 1952. The film is based on the 1911 novel Alraune. The story of a living being by Hanns Heinz Ewers . It is the sixth film adaptation of the novel. Hildegard Knef can be seen in the main role of mandrake .
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The young medical student Frank Braun falls in love with Mandrake, the alleged daughter of his uncle Professor Jakob ten Brinken. When his uncle found out about the relationship, he revealed to his nephew that mandrake was not a natural person, but the product of a scientific experiment in which the genetic makeup of a double murderer and a prostitute had been crossed. Horrified by this revelation, Frank leaves his lover behind without speaking to her again. He becomes engaged to another woman and then travels to Paris to finish his studies. Mandrake brings wealth and success to their producer, Professor ten Brinken. In what appears to be a worthless field that the professor buys on Mandraune's advice, a valuable mineral spring gushes out, which enables him to open a therapeutic bath.
Mandrake, injured and unsettled by Frank's rejection, reacts aggressively and begins to exploit their charisma on men in order to play them off against one another, thus causing the deaths of three of their suitors. A governess who is annoying to her is dismissed because Mandrake accuses her of stealing a valuable necklace that she had previously hidden from the governess. Frank's fiancée attempts suicide because Mandrake intercepts Frank's letters and pretends to the fiance that Frank is only interested in her, Mandrake.
When Frank, who knows nothing about all this, finally wants to marry Mandrake, her magic is broken by the love she feels for Frank. The mineral spring is running dry. When mandrake learns the secret of their true origin from Professor ten Brinken, who hopes not to lose them, it is already too late. Professor ten Brinken shoots mandrakes to prevent the wedding and is therefore sentenced to death.
Production notes
The shooting took place in June 1952 in the studio of Bavaria-Film in Geiselgasteig with exterior shots of Munich and the surrounding area. The production company was Deutsche Styria-Film GmbH, Munich, in association with Carlton Film GmbH, Munich. Robert Herlth was responsible for the buildings, production management was in the hands of Otto Lehmann . The film was first distributed by Gloria-Filmverleih GmbH, Munich. The premiere of the film took place on October 23, 1952 in the Europa-Filmpalast in Düsseldorf . The working title of the film was Beloved between lust and greed .
criticism
The lexicon of international films judged that the film did not achieve "the fascination" of the previous film adaptations of 1919 and 1927 of the underlying novel, but was "nevertheless quite impressive in terms of the gloomy visual effect."
Kino.de says: “The fifth adaptation of Hanns Heinz Ewer's erotic-fantastic novel, created in 1952 under the direction of Arthur Maria Rabenalt. The quality of the two silent film versions by Michael Curtiz (1918) and Henrik Galeen (1928) is never quite the same, but with Erich von Stroheim as a doctor and Hildegard Knef as the seductive title heroine it has at least an excellent leading actor duo. The "poor" Frank is the convincing Karlheinz Böhm, who has not yet been "Sissi" damaged. "
World premieres
- Germany: October 23, 1952
- USA: February 1957
DVD
The film was released on DVD on July 6, 2007 by Arthaus and on November 7, 2008 by Kinowelt Home Entertainment A reunion with Hildegard Knef with Die Sünderin and Alraune , with a 28-page booklet with star information.
Web links
- Mandrake in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alraune at Filmportal.de - movie posters, photos etc.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Alfred Bauer: German feature film Almanach. Volume 2: 1946-1955 , p. 242
- ^ Alraune - film data at Filmportal.de
- ↑ Mandrake. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Alraune at kinofilm.de (with trailer). Retrieved August 15, 2012 .
- ↑ World premieres according to IMDb
- ↑ Alraune - DVD ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Mandrake - DVD information
