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. 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. 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) External links Hungarian black-and-white films Lost horror films Films directed by Michael Curtiz Hungarian silent feature films Films based on works by Hanns Heinz Ewers Hungarian science fiction films Mad scientist films 1910s science fiction horror films Lost Hungarian films Hungarian horror films 1918 horror films 1918 lost films Silent science fiction horror films