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22 February 1930 (Japan) morePlot:
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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A natural in action more (59 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Louise Brooks | ... | Lulu | |
| Fritz Kortner | ... | Dr. Ludwig Schön | |
| Francis Lederer | ... | Alwa Schön (as Franz Lederer) | |
| Carl Goetz | ... | Schigolch | |
| Krafft-Raschig | ... | Rodrigo Quast | |
| Alice Roberts | ... | Gräfin Geschwitz - Countess Anna Geschwitz | |
| Daisy D'Ora | ... | Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow - braut Dr. Schöns - Dr. Schön's Bride (as Daisy d'Ora) | |
| Gustav Diessl | ... | Jack the Ripper (as Gustav Diesel) | |
| Michael von Newlinsky | ... | Marquis Casti-Piani (as Michael v. Newlinsky) | |
| Sig Arno | ... | Der inspizient - the instructor (as Siegfried Arno) |
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Germany:133 min (restored version) | USA:109 min | Belgium:152 min (Copy with French titles at Brussels Musée du Cinéma) | 131 min (original version) (21.4 fps) | 110 min (VHS version)Country:
GermanyLanguage:
GermanColor:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Germany:(Banned) (1933-1945) | Portugal:17 (original release) | Portugal:(Banned) (1936-1945) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Norway:(Banned) (1929) | UK:A (1929) | UK:PG (1993) | Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:(Banned) (1929) | Sweden:(Banned)Filming Locations:
Nero-Film Studio, Berlin, GermanyFun Stuff
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Louise Brooks may have never studied acting, but every actor should study her. How much they can learn is questionable though. This dancer/chorus girl turned film star was one of those rare creatures who probably couldn't have told you what she was doing, even if she thought long and hard about it (and Brooks was an intelligent, articulate woman.)
Like a great natural athlete, she simply could do it, and do it better than almost anyone else. Pandora's Box is the greatest existing record of her technique and remarkable talents.
On the surface, a run of the mill story of a femme fatale who destroys the men around her, this G. W. Pabst film is complicated, dark, moody, and seemingly packed with contradictory messages. Well acted and well directed by Pabst, it nonetheless would have been forgotten decades ago, had it not been for its star.
Brooks was one of the most beautiful, most photogenic woman to ever appear on the screen. From some angles, her face is so remarkable it almost doesn't seem real.
Her personality exceeds her beauty and it was the perfect personality to capture the childish, petulant, self centered, yet sweetly innocent kid who is the embodiment of every pretty girl who wants what she wants, regardless of the consequences.
Pabst' film, based on two German stage plays, is also a fascinating look at male sexual obsession, at men unable to control their lust who want to destroy the object of that lust before she destroys them.
Yet all the messages aside, it is simply Brooks totally natural performance that in the end will be remembered here.
Ironically, Brooks was really no more than a starlet in her American silent film days and it took her three European films to elevate her name above the title. And those films were hardly seen in the U.S. in their day. Yet today, women whose names were household words in America in the silent era, like Coleen Moore and even Clara Bow, are all but forgotten, while the Brooks legend grows stronger each year.
While Brooks has benefitted from a well written biography and the adoration of much of the press, a close examination of Pandora's Box proves she was much more than just hype.
This movie is one of the great treasures of the cinema, and Louise Brooks is one of the most talented and most fascinating actresses to ever appear in movies, on either side of the Atlantic.