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One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst seemed to have an innate talent for discovering actresses. And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst’s lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora’s Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone around her. Daring and stylish, Pandora’s Box is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to Brooks’s dazzling individuality.

Pandora's Box, the silent classic that caused a scandal on it's 1929 release, stars Louise Brooks in the most memorable role of her career.
Lulu is a high class prostitute whose incredible beauty and passion for life leaves a trail of broken admires in her wake. She effortlessly gets what she wants as she discards one lover for the next but events soon begin to spiral out of her control.
Beyond the iconic black bob and porcelain skin, Louise Brooks radiated sexuality with an unparallel subtlety of expression and gesture. In Pandora's Box she gives her most captivating and erotically charged performance and displays a smoldering screen presence that has never been equaled.

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Actor Gustav Diessl, Carl Goetz, Franz Lederer, Fritz Kortner, Louise Brooks
Director Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Label SECOND SIGHT FILMS
 
Languages English
Content DVD
FSK / age rating from age 12
Publication date 24.06.2002
Genre Drama
Classics
Crime
Romanticism
Silent movie
 
Length 131 minutes
Audio English (Mono), German (Mono)
Screen 4/3
Year of production 1929
Original title Die Büchse der Pandora (German)
Region code 0
Version UK Version
 

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  • hervorragend

    Written on 08. September 2018 by silbi.

    kann ein Stummfilm derart begeistern? ja, er kann

  • Loulou

    Written on 14. October 2005 by Maurice.

    This customer review refers to a alternative version.

    Spietato, cinico, ma allo stesso tempo geniale! Questo è il cinema di Pabst, e "Loulou" il suo testamento
    spirituale!

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