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Pandora's Box

Original title: Die Büchse der Pandora
  • 1929
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
11K
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Pandora's Box (1929)
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The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

  • Director
    • Georg Wilhelm Pabst
  • Writers
    • Frank Wedekind
    • Ladislaus Vajda
    • Joseph Fleisler
  • Stars
    • Louise Brooks
    • Fritz Kortner
    • Francis Lederer
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.8/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Georg Wilhelm Pabst
    • Writers
      • Frank Wedekind
      • Ladislaus Vajda
      • Joseph Fleisler
    • Stars
      • Louise Brooks
      • Fritz Kortner
      • Francis Lederer
    • 102User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Louise Brooks and Michael von Newlinsky in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks and Francis Lederer in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks and Krafft-Raschig in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Francis Lederer in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks and Gustav Diessl in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks and Fritz Kortner in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Alice Roberts in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box (1929)
    Louise Brooks and Gustav Diessl in Pandora's Box (1929)

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    Louise Brooks
    Louise Brooks
    • Lulu
    Fritz Kortner
    Fritz Kortner
    • Dr. Ludwig Schön
    Francis Lederer
    Francis Lederer
    • Alwa Schön
    • (as Franz Lederer)
    Carl Goetz
    Carl Goetz
    • Schigolch
    Krafft-Raschig
    Krafft-Raschig
    • Rodrigo Quast
    Alice Roberts
    Alice Roberts
    • Gräfin Geschwitz
    Daisy D'Ora
    Daisy D'Ora
    • Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow - braut Dr. Schöns - Dr. Schön's Bride
    • (as Daisy d'Ora)
    Gustav Diessl
    Gustav Diessl
    • Jack the Ripper
    • (as Gustav Diesel)
    Michael von Newlinsky
    Michael von Newlinsky
    • Marquis Casti-Piani
    • (as Michael v. Newlinsky)
    Sig Arno
    Sig Arno
    • Der inspizient - the Stage Manager
    • (as Siegfried Arno)
    • Director
      • Georg Wilhelm Pabst
    • Writers
      • Frank Wedekind
      • Ladislaus Vajda
      • Joseph Fleisler(uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Louise Brooks, who had faded into obscurity by the late 1930s, was delighted by her renewed popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, much of which was actually the result of intensive self-promotion by herself and her mentor, James Card, and even went so far as to attend re-releases of her films in crowded revival houses.
    • Goofs
      The poster warning Londoners of Jack is in German instead of English.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Ludwig Schön: I'm getting married!

      Lulu: You won't kiss me just because you're getting married?

    • Alternate versions
      A 133-minute version, distributed by Janus Films from Film Museum München, was broadcast in America on the IFC channel in 2006. It has an unidentified orchestral score, including a 2-minute overture at the start, and it listed the credits in German, some of which were translated into English. With German inter-titles and English subtitles. This version was released on a British Region 2 DVD).
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Fatale beauté (1994)

    User reviews102

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    10/10
    The best "Lulu"-performance ever!
    For his movie "Die Büchse Der Pandora (Panodra's Box)", G.W. Pabst took together the tragedies "Der Erdgeist" and "Die Büchse Der Pandora", forming the famous Lulu-diptych written by German dramatist Frank Wedekind (1864-1918), an important ancestor of literary expressionism, who wrote amongst other works "Frühlings Erwachen" that caused many scandals.

    What is congenial about this movie, is not only the fact, that Louise Brooks is doubtless the best Lulu ever seen (in theater as well as on the screen), but how G.W. Pabst managed to amalgamate this two literary masterpieces of the time of sexual liberation in Europe.

    It is a real pity, that not more of Pabst work can be reached in the US and that most of his work is not available at all on DVD.
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    • hasosch
    • Feb 2, 2005

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 1930 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • None
      • German
    • Also known as
      • La caja de Pandora
    • Filming locations
      • Nero-Film Studio, Berlin, Germany(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Nero-Film AG
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $53,485
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,950
      • Jun 18, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $62,686
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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