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

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.

seductivetragicuninhibiteddoomedmelancholicfatalisticatmosphericlush

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)

Trailer

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