Alraune, the executioner's daughter, called the red Hanne 1918

Alraune, die Henkerstochter, genannt die rote Hanne 
Artist: Theo Matejko
 1918 The basis of the story of Alraune dates to the Middle Ages in Germany; 
the humanoid-shaped mandrake root was widely believed to be produced by the semen 
of hanged men under the gallows.  Alchemists claimed that hanged men ejaculated after their necks were broken 
and that the earth absorbed their final “strengths”.  Witches who “made love” to the Mandrake root were said to 
produce offspring which had no feelings of real love and had no soul. The film, based on a 1911 novel by German horrorist Hanns Heinz Ewers, 
deviates from the myth by concentrating on the issues of artificial insemination and individuality: 
genetics versus environment.  Professor Jakob Ten Brinken, a scientist interested in the laws of heredity, 
impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer.  The prostitute conceives of a female child 
who has no concept of love, whom the professor adopts.  The young woman leaves a trail of destroyed men in her wake, 
eventually learning of her unnatural origins and revenging herself 
against her unnatural “father”. Available in three formats 28" x 36" on Standard fine art paper with extremely detailed gothic framing 28" x 36" on Premium fine art paper with extremely detailed gothic framing 32" x 44" on Premium fine art paper with extremely detailed gothic framing