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A Daughter of Destiny [Alraune] (1928)

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"Alraune is a 1928 German silent science fiction horror film directed by Henrik Galeen and starring Brigitte Helm in which a prostitute is artificially inseminated with the semen of a hanged man. The story is based upon the legend of Alraune. In this version, the blasphemous sexual union causes the progeny (a daughter) to grow to adulthood quickly, behave in a sexually promiscuous fashion and cause the men who fall in love with her nothing but hardship, heartache and financial ruin, if not death."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alraune_%281928_film%29

"A scientist with an interest in genetics impregnates a sex worker with the seed of a hanged murderer. The sex worker gives birth to a child who has no concept of love, whom the scientist adopts.”

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017621/

NB: Alraune is based on the 1911 novel by Hanns Heinz Ewers that has been adapted for the big screen five times. This is the third.

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