Alraune (1918 Hungary,Dir.Michael Curtiz and Fritz Odon,         Writers.Hans Heinz Ewers and Richard Falk,         Cast.Gyula Gal as Alraune,Margit Lux,Rózsi Szöllösi,         Jenö Törzs,Kálmán Körmendy,note.language: Hungarian,         based on the novel by Ewers,80 min.) Directed by Michael Curtiz   (as Mihály Kertész) Edmund Fritz      Writing credits (in alphabetical order)  Hanns Heinz Ewers   novel Richárd Falk    Cast (in alphabetical order)  Géza Erdélyi   Gyula Gál ....  Alraune Kálmán Körmendy   Margit Lux   Rózsi Szöllösi   Jenö Törzs In this version of the Ewers' novel a mad scientist "creates" a beautiful but demonic woman, the result of a forced sexual union between a woman and a mandrake root, a plant said to have magical powers due to its uncanny resemblance to the human body.