"The Mandrake Legend dates from the early Middle Ages." "It is the story of a mandrake root which turned into a human being." "The root had to be dug out at night under a full moon," "The spade had to strike the earth under a gallows, as the clock struck 12." "The magic power of the mandrake root could bring luck - but it could also bring suffering and torment to anyone who tried to own it." "His exellency the privy councillor Professor Jakob ten Brinken." "was a world-famous authority on genetic cross-breeding." "In my dealings with these matters I came across the mandrake legend." "I am going to conduct scientific research into this old superstition." "We are all aware that the wind carries pollen from flower to flower " "Arbitrarily, with a specific destination." "Animals for testing in the laboratory are produced in a similar way." "We need to establish whether the parents' genetic make-up has a purely random effect on the offspring." "I always tell my students:" "We must continue in the direction indicated by Doctor Voronoff with his genetic experiments." "Above all, we must monitor the results." "They could bring new possibilities into the study of humanity." "The Professor's nephew, Franz Braun." "You were just joking about experimenting with people, weren't you, uncle?" "No, on the contrary." "I shall soon carry out the greatest experiment of my life." "I shall create a human being in my laboratory A being whose hereditary characteristics have not been upset by parental emotions." "I already have the man." "The woman is to be like the "Mandrake" of the fertilised soil under the gallows." "You must seek her out for me from the scum of society." "While the prison administration was obtaining the man for the Professor," "Franz Braun was in search for a suitable woman for his uncle's experiment." "Mandrake, daughter of the hanged man from the dark days of superstition..." "I shall lead you into the clear light of science." "Uncle, I beseech you!" "Renounce your terrible plan." "You are violating nature and all that is most worthy and fine." "The mandrake legend is true." "I tell you!" "It produces a living creature." "one who lacks the warmth of life and bears the chill of death within her." "Beware of the consequences of your actions " "Nature will have her revenge!" "Mandrake was being brought up in the Sacre Coeur convent school." "I cannot do it to my parents!" "I'll do everything you wish!" "... in a bank..." "Mother sends her love." "And what about Mandrake?" "The story of my Mandrake's development." "1st October 1908 Thus, with the aid of my nephew Franz," "I created a living mandrake root." "He is a dreamer... whereas I am a scientist, and have disregarded any conventions." "Just as the legend says, mandrake brings wealthe and good fortune." "I gave her the name:" "Mandrake ten Brinken." "You have blasphemed against God!" "You will be punished!" "Mandrake has disappeared without a trace." "Sacre Coeur Convent." "I want Champagne!" "At one station Mandrake meets circus people for the first time." "What?" "You are not afraid of Mice?" "You will make something of ourself." "After months of investigations, ten Brinken found Mandrake again." "Stop me if you can!" "Mandrake, have you no shame?" "I'm afraid of you." "You have misused my name." "We shall travel far far away, until your past is buried." "Well, she has enough gentlemen callers." "Or could he be her father?" "You cause me pain, Mandrake." "If you only knew, what you future holds." "I then introduced her into the "right circles"." "Father, come here!" "How strange, father." "I resemble you so little." "Perhaps I bear more resemblance to mother?" "Yes, I often think of your mother." "Is it possible that she should be like her mother in this, or any other way?" "Never!" "Gracious Miss, I should like to ask the Professor for your hand." "I regret, Viscount, that Mandrake is still too young." "She must remain with me." "Tonight at eleven I shall run away with you." "How shameful!" "An experiment, a whim of a cynical scientist." "Child of crime and vice." "Where do I belong in society?" "I, as his own handiwork, shall have my revenge on him." "He was right" " I must remain with him." "My dearest father, I do believe you are jealous." "Your letter summoned me here." "In my "father's" diary I learned about all that occured before my birth." "Have pity on me - I am eager to know everything." "I shall give you all you wish - but we must leave this place!" "Mandrake... you and I..." "You are a swindler!" "Do you really think I haven't known all along that I am not your daughter?" "I could not deceive you." "Either you stay with me, or I kill you." "Dear Professor, it's as if you were pursued by a ghost, as if one devil were wishing ill on another." "All your speculative ventures have failed." "You are ruined." "Let us go down to the gambling tables, Mandrake." "You will bring me luck." "Play your bet on red." "It is the colour of luck." "Red five times in a row." "Place you bet!" "The ball has come up on red for the ninth time!" "Are you leaving me?" "All is not yet lost, Mandrake." "We still have your jewellery." "Mandrake, let us go away to somewhere we can find happiness." "I shall... but not with you." "Take me away from here." "Give me another soul, and a heart so that I might become a human being, and love like one." "And Mandrake went off into a new life with the man she loved." "But he who had violated nature suffered the hell of loneliness and insanity."