Pandora's box (1929)

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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.