Pandora's Box (1929)
- Original title
- Die Büchse der Pandora
- Directed by
- Georg Wilhelm Pabst
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 2h 23m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 263 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A beautiful and spontaneous young woman named Lulu moves through Weimar-era Berlin, attracting desire and chaos wherever she goes. Her refusal to conform to social norms leads to a chain of destructive events for herself and everyone around her.
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What happens
Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora) is a 1929 German silent melodrama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, and starring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. The film follows Lulu, a seductive young woman whose uninhibited nature brings ruin to herself and those who love her. It is based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist ("Earth Spirit", 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora ("Pandora's Box", 1904). Dismissed by critics on its initial release, Pandora's Box was later rediscovered by film scholars as a classic of Weimar German cinema. This film was shot at Staaken Studios in Berlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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