ALRAUNE is another spectacular piece of early German cinema, surprisingly overlooked by film buffs and historians alike. The film is not "expressionist" in the way of CALIGARI or METROPOLIS, but fans of those films will enjoy it regardless. The plot (without spoilers) is creepy to begin with: a scientist (Paul Wegener) decides to experiment with humanity by creating a woman fro...$该片是默片时代后期对德国作家汉斯•海因茨•埃韦斯冷酷的同名科幻小说的第三度改编,讲述了疯狂医生将杀人犯与妓女基因结合创造出无羞耻感人类的故事,片中“父女”引诱场景以及伴随复仇情节而逐渐明晰的性成分今天看来也足够引起愤怒。尽管非表现主义,但影片光影运用仍成功反映了角色扭曲心灵。$7.5 @Science-Fiction FCP with Cosmos.$和<科学怪人>的主题寓意相似却不尽相同,都说明了人造人科学研究的可耻和对上帝的亵渎,造人者也必收到惩罚,曼德拉草的结局刻意好于弗兰肯斯坦,但如此处理却不高明。布里吉特赫尔姆极度美丽邪魅的眼睛是我唯一印象深刻的一双眼睛,自看完<大都会>后就久久不能忘怀,在此片中亦是如此。$https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZjJmejaRc0$