Pandora's Box (1929 film)
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| Directed by | G. W. Pabst |
| Written by | G.W. Pabst Ladislaus Vajda |
| Based on | Die Büchse der Pandora ("Pandora's Box") and Erdgeist ("Earth Spirit") by Frank Wedekind |
| Produced by | Seymour Nebenzal |
| Starring | Louise Brooks Francis Lederer Carl Goetz Alice Roberts |
| Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
Production company | Nero-Film A.G. |
| Distributed by | Süd-Film |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent film German intertitles |
Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora) is a 1929 German silent drama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, and starring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. The film follows Lulu, a seductive young woman whose uninhibited nature brings ruin to herself and those who love her. It is based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist ("Earth Spirit", 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora ("Pandora's Box", 1904).
Dismissed by critics on its initial release, Pandora's Box was later rediscovered by film scholars as a classic of Weimar German cinema.