Pandora's Box (1929) (Die Büchse der Pandora) (1930)

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Directed by

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Starring (View all)

Sig Arno
Der inspizient - the Stage Manager

Michael von Newlinsky
Marquis Casti-Piani

Gustav Diessl
Jack the Ripper

Alice Roberts
Gräfin Geschwitz - Countess Anna Geschwitz

Daisy D'Ora
Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow - braut Dr. Schöns - Dr. Schön's Bride

Carl Goetz
Schigolch

Francis Lederer
Alwa Schön

Fritz Kortner
Dr. Ludwig Schön

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Georg Wilhelm Pabst
uncredited

Ladislaus Vajda
(scenario)

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Description: One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst’s lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora’s Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora’s Box is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to Brook ... (more)

Release date: 22 February 1930

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