Pandora's Box (1929)
- Starring:
- Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, (more)
- Director(s):
- G.W. Pabst
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Pandora's Box
German filmmaker G.W. Pabst's late-silent classic Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) stars the hauntingly beautiful Louise Brooks as libertine dancer Lulu. Ever out for the "main chance," Lulu persuades her wealthy lover Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner) to marry her. But in a fit of jealous rage, he pulls a gun, a scuffle ensues, and she shoots him. Eventually escaping to London with the doctor's moonstruck son Alwa (Francis Lederer), Lulu takes up residence with her "adopted" father Schigolch (Carl Götz), where she is reduced to walking the streets, with tragic consequences. Pandora's Box (based on two works by the controversial German writer Franz Wedekind) exudes smoky sensuality in every frame; regarded now as a masterpiece, the film received surprisingly scathing reviews, with most of the critical broadsides aimed at Louise Brooks (this was long before Brooks graduated from just another pretty Hollywood starlet to Cult Goddess). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 133 mins
Complete Cast of Pandora's Box
- Louise Brooks - Lulu
- Francis Lederer - Alwa Schoen
- Gustav Diessl - Jack the Ripper
- Daisy D'Ora - Charlotte M.A. von Zanik
- Carl Götz - Schigolch (Papa Bromnier)
- Fritz Kortner - Dr. Peter Schon
- Alice Roberts - Countess Anna Geschwitz
- Michael von Newlinsky - Marquis Casti-Piani
- Sig Arno - Instructor
- Krafft Raschig - Rodrigo Quasi
- Director(s):
- G.W. Pabst
- Writer(s):
- G.W. Pabst, Laszlo Vajda
- Producer(s):
- S. Nebenzahl
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