A Daughter Of Destiny

Hanns Heinz Ewers grim sciencefiction 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