A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
• January 25th, 1928 • 1h 48min
Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror
Overview
Hanns 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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Eating Cars
Released on: 2021-09-26
Crime, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Max, a failed writer, goes in search of her estranged girlfriend while simultaneously, trying to unl...
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Released on: 1938-01-14
Fantasy, Animation, Family
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from h...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Released on: 2005-12-07
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Siblings Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter step through a magical wardrobe and find the land of Narnia. ...
Distant Lights
Released on: 2003-02-11
Drama
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany ...
Leaving Las Vegas
Released on: 1995-10-27
Drama, Romance
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arri...
The Seventh Seal
Released on: 1957-02-16
Fantasy, Drama
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country ...
Being John Malkovich
Released on: 1999-10-29
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. ...
Monster
Released on: 2003-12-24
Crime, Drama
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes...
Killing Zoe
Released on: 1993-10-01
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and ...
The Young Cannibals
Released on: 2019-10-01
Horror, Thriller
Seven friends summon a monster when they are tricked into eating burgers made of human flesh.
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
Released on: 2021-04-06
Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Help Jack and his monster-battling friends make choices to stay alive -- and have some fun -- in thi...
Anna Lucasta
Released on: 1949-07-11
Drama
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tri...
Molotov Samba
Released on: 2005-05-01
Crime, Drama, Romance
A Brazilian pimp falls in love with a Russian prostitute, with disastrous consequences.
Days
Released on: 2021-05-21
Drama
Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their d...
Howl of the Devil
Released on: 1988-01-01
Horror
Hector Doriani is a stage and screen actor who feels himself living in the shadow of his dead twin b...
The Wings
Released on: 1916-09-04
Drama
The story is that of a conniving countess coming between a gay sculptor, Claude Zoret, and his bisex...
Forbidden Empire
Released on: 2014-01-30
Thriller, Adventure, Mystery, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction
Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the Ea...
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Released on: 1954-03-05
Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, t...
Mulholland Falls
Released on: 1996-04-26
Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.