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Pandora's Box

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Pandora's Box
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1hr 50min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1929
Director:
G.W. Pabst
Distributor:
Criterion
Starring:
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer  ...more
Synopsis: German filmmaker G.W. Pabst's late-silent classic Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) stars the hauntingly beautiful Louise Brooks as libertine dancer Lulu. Ever out for the "main chance," Lulu persuades her wealthy lover Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner) to marry her. But in a fit of jealous rage, he pulls a gun, a scuffle ensues, and she shoots him. Eventually escaping to London with the doctor's moonstruck son Alwa (Francis Lederer), Lulu takes up residence with her "adopted" father Schigolch (Carl ... Full Synopsis
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Lucia Bozzola, AMG Review
G.W. Pabst's most famous film featured his first, star-making collaboration with American actress Louise Brooks in a complex exploration of sexual psychology and Weimar Germany's social decadence. Working from Frank Wedekind's play in Pabst's trademark realist style, Pabst and Brooks transformed the character of Lulu from an evil temptress into a hedonistic innocent at ease with her sexuality. Pursued ... Full Review
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Louise Brooks
Lulu
Fritz Kortner
Dr. Peter Schon
Francis Lederer
Alwa Schoen
Alice Roberts
Countess Anna Geschwitz
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