Directed by:
Georg Wilhelm PabstComposer:
William P. PerryCast:
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Daisy d'Ora, Michael von Newlinsky, Sig Arno, Alice Roberts, Gustav Diessl, Carl GoetzVOD (1)
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One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). 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 she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora's Box is one of silent cinema's great masterworks and a testament to Brooks's dazzling individuality. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Louise Brooks
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
The Canary Murder Case (1929)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Fritz Kortner
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Somewhere in the Night (1946)
Francis Lederer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Midnight (1939)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
Daisy d'Ora
Best movies:
Pandora's Box (1929)
Michael von Newlinsky
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Informer (1931)
The Living Dead (1932)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Sig Arno
Best movies:
Fair People (1930)
The Great Dictator (1940)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Alice Roberts
Belgium
Best movies:
Pandora's Box (1929)
Gustav Diessl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
The Devious Path (1928)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Carl Goetz
Austrian Empire
Best movies:
Pandora's Box (1929)