Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box

133 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Jan. 30, 1929

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.

Pandora's Box

133 mins | Drama, Crime, Romance | Jan. 30, 1929

Pandora's Box
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Nero-Film AG
Original title Die Büchse der Pandora
Directors G.W. Pabst
Writers Joseph Fleisler, Ladislaus Vajda, Frank Wedekind, G.W. Pabst

Cast

Louise Brooks

as Lulu

Fritz Kortner

as Dr. Ludwig Schön

Francis Lederer

as Alwa Schön

Carl Goetz

as Schigolch

Krafft-Raschig

as Rodrigo Quast

Alice Roberts

as Countess Anna Geschwitz

Daisy D'Ora

as Charlotte Marie Adelaide von Zarnikow

Gustav Diessl

as Jack the Ripper

Michael von Newlinsky

as Marquis Casti-Piani

Sig Arno

as The Stage Manager