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A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.
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- Director
- Writers
- Albert Lewin(story and screenplay: suggested by the Legend of The Flying Dutchman)
- George Barrington(based on the writings of)
- Omar Khayyam(quotation)
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Albert Lewin(story and screenplay: suggested by the Legend of The Flying Dutchman)
- George Barrington(based on the writings of)
- Omar Khayyam(quotation)
- Stars
- Awards
- 3 nominations
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Pamela Mason
- Jennyas Jenny
- (as Pamela Kellino)
Guillermo Beltrán
- Barmanas Barman
- (as Guillermo Beltran)
Lilli Molnar
- Geoffrey's Housekeeperas Geoffrey's Housekeeper
- (as Lila Molnar)
- Director
- Writers
- Albert Lewin(story and screenplay: suggested by the Legend of The Flying Dutchman)
- George Barrington(based on the writings of) (uncredited)
- Omar Khayyam(quotation) (uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas showed up for the location shoot of the race car speed test on the beach at Pendine Sands, which was near his home in Wales. He can be spotted briefly at the start of the scene, around 1:11:03-04, as the hatless man in the brown jacket and beige trousers at the extreme left of the crowd in the background (ignoring the family of three on the left) about one-third of the picture's width in from the left. This is the first known surviving motion picture footage of Thomas.
- GoofsIn the workroom where Stephen is repairing his race car, the words "NON FUMAR" are written on the wall, with the English words "NO SMOKING" beneath. The Spanish is incorrect: it should read "NO FUMAR".
- Quotes
Geoffrey Fielding: To understand one human soul is like trying to empty the sea with a cup.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: According to the legend, the Flying Dutchman was condemned to wander the seas eternally unless he could find a woman who loved him enough to die for him . . . .
THE SEAPORT OF ESPERANZA, ON THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF SPAIN, ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO . . . .
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
- SoundtracksYou're Driving Me Crazy
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Walter Donaldson
Sung by an uncredited male voice
Top review
Absorbing, intense, and beautiful
Albert Lewin's work as director had not impressed me prior to seeing "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" I found myself frankly quite bored by his version of Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence" as well as "The Private Affairs of Bel Ami". "The Picture of Dorian Gray" has quite the reputation, but I unfortunately haven't seen it yet.
'Exceeded expectations' cannot begin to describe how surprised I was at how absorbing, intense, captivating, and utterly gorgeous "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" is. Sure, there are flaws, mostly in the script which occasionally seems to think it's smarter than it actually is and goes for the sort of intrusive voice-over narration that never fails to annoy, but also in scenes where Lewin's decisions as director become frustrating and in the score which is generally quite good but often overbearing.
Regardless of its flaws, "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" is a literate, creative, fairly original, and exceptionally well-acted film, with the exceptional feature of being photographed by Jack Cardiff OBE, who was on quite a run going into this film having photographed the three Powell/Pressburger classics from the 40's: "A Matter of Life and Death", "Black Narcissus", and "The Red Shoes" as well as the underrated if not exactly great 1949 Hitchcock offering "Under Capricorn". James Mason and Ava Gardner are really excellent here in the lead roles.
I was not looking forward to "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" but I found myself very pleasantly surprised by it. It's far from a perfect film but I did find it to be quite excellent; even the melodrama that tends to bother me in romances from this era of film worked in the context of this film. A surprisingly good film, overall.
8/10
'Exceeded expectations' cannot begin to describe how surprised I was at how absorbing, intense, captivating, and utterly gorgeous "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" is. Sure, there are flaws, mostly in the script which occasionally seems to think it's smarter than it actually is and goes for the sort of intrusive voice-over narration that never fails to annoy, but also in scenes where Lewin's decisions as director become frustrating and in the score which is generally quite good but often overbearing.
Regardless of its flaws, "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" is a literate, creative, fairly original, and exceptionally well-acted film, with the exceptional feature of being photographed by Jack Cardiff OBE, who was on quite a run going into this film having photographed the three Powell/Pressburger classics from the 40's: "A Matter of Life and Death", "Black Narcissus", and "The Red Shoes" as well as the underrated if not exactly great 1949 Hitchcock offering "Under Capricorn". James Mason and Ava Gardner are really excellent here in the lead roles.
I was not looking forward to "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" but I found myself very pleasantly surprised by it. It's far from a perfect film but I did find it to be quite excellent; even the melodrama that tends to bother me in romances from this era of film worked in the context of this film. A surprisingly good film, overall.
8/10
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- ametaphysicalshark
- Jun 17, 2008
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- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Pandora und der fliegende Holländer
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,401
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,466
- Feb 9, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $31,805
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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