 In the American release prints, for some reason, the Alraune character was renamed "Mandrake" in the film.Brigitte Helm reprised the Alraune role again two years later when director Richard Oswald remade the film (with sound) in 1930.From contemporary reviews 
In 1928, C. Hooper Trask of "The New York Times" wrote, "if you like this sort of thing you'll find it a superior product.