Pandora's Box (film)
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| Directed by | G. W. Pabst |
| Produced by | Seymour Nebenzal |
| Written by | G. W. Pabst, Ladislaus Vajda |
| Starring | Louise Brooks, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Alice Roberts |
| Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
| Distributed by | Süd-Film |
| Release date(s) | 1928/1929 |
| Running time | 100-152 minutes (10,275 ft) USA 133 Min |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | silent film German intertitles |
| Preceded by | Crisis |
| Followed by | Diary of a Lost Girl |
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Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora) is a German silent film directed by G.W. Pabst and released in 1929. The title is a reference to Pandora of Greek mythology, who upon opening a box given to her by the gods released all evils into the world, leaving only hope behind.
The film is based loosely on Frank Wedekind's play Die Büchse der Pandora (1903), which was also the source for Alban Berg's opera Lulu.
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[edit] Plot summary
Louise Brooks stars as Lulu, a young and impulsive vaudeville performer whose raw sexuality and uninhibited nature bring about the downfall of almost everyone she meets.
After causing the death of her latest fling and on the lam from the police, working as a prostitute while hiding in a London garret, she meets her doom at the hands of Jack the Ripper.
[edit] Trivia
In 1999, to celebrate the film's 70th anniversary, an official soundtrack was finally commissioned. It was composed and performed by English rock group, the Subterraneans.
The film is notable for its lesbian subplot in the character of Countess Augusta Geschwitz (in some prints Anna Geschwitz, played by Alice Roberts).
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[edit] External links
- Die Büchse der Pandora at the Internet Movie Database
- Die Büchse der Pandora at the Criterion Collection
- Full plot summary and cast & crew biographies.
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