24.00 USD
Fantastic card with Brigitte Helm, beloved star of "Metropolis," in the role of Alraune, in the Silent German film of the same name. Mandragore was the film's title for its French release, both Alraune and Mandragore meaning Mandrake, that root to which has been attached so many mysterious and occult superstitions and legends.
The 1928 film "Mandragore," or "Alraune," was based on the novel of the same name by German author Hanns Heinz Ewers. It is a classic science fiction/horror tale, generally of the "Frankenstein" (artificial creation of life) genre, in which Fraulein Helm plays the very epitome of the femme fatale opposite the great Paul Wegener. Brigitte Helm reprised her role in a talkie version made just two years later. We've seen both versions, and so we can say for certain that this image was taken from the 1928 silent one.
For what it's worth, we preferred the silent version, just finding it a lot more fun, though a reviewer on IMDB wrote that the talkie was much truer to the original story, so no, the talkie was definitely not a scene for scene remake, but differed from the silent version substantially (no spoilers here!)
Below is a link to the silent version on Youtube, so if you'd like to, pop up some popcorn, and get cozy :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCj7rU6LF98
A fantastic card, published by Cinemagazine Editions of Paris, one of our very favorite publishers. Very nice condition. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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