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Pandora's Box is a Allemand film of genre Drama directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst released in USA on 1 december 1929 with Louise Brooks
Pandora's Box (1929)
Die Büchse der Pandora
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 december 1929
Length 1h40
Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
OriginGerman
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Rating77%
Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora) is a 1929 German silent melodrama film based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904). Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film stars Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. Brooks' portrayal of a seductive, thoughtless young woman whose raw sexuality and uninhibited nature bring ruin to herself and those who love her, although initially unappreciated, eventually made the actress a star.
Synopsis
Lulu (Louise Brooks) is the mistress of a respected, middle-aged newspaper publisher, Dr. Ludwig Schön (Fritz Kortner). One day, she is delighted when an old man, her "first patron," Schigolch (Carl Goetz), shows up at the door to her apartment. However, when Schön also arrives, she has Schigolch hide on the terrace. Schön breaks the news to Lulu that he is going to marry Charlotte von Zarnikow (Daisy D'ora), the daughter of the Minister of the Interior. Lulu tries to get him to change his mind, but when he discovers the disreputable-looking Schigolch, he leaves. Schigolch introduces Lulu to Rodrigo Quast (Krafft-Raschig), who wants her to join his new trapeze act.Actors
Louise Brooks
(Lulu)
Francis Lederer
(Alwa Schön)
Alice Roberts
(Countess Anna Geschwitz)
Carl Goetz
(Schigolch)
Fritz Kortner
(Dr. Ludwig Schön)
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