Pandora's Box

About Pandora's Box

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

Pandora's Box (1929) is a crime romance film directed by G.W. Pabst. Released in January 1929, it runs 141 minutes.

The film is filed under forbidden love, casino, femme fatale, and reward. The film began as a stage production.

Louise Brooks appears as Lulu, Fritz Kortner as Dr. Ludwig Schön, Francis Lederer as Alwa Schön, and Carl Goetz as Schigolch. The screenplay is by G.W. Pabst and Joseph Fleisler. It streams on Criterion Channel, Eternal Family, and HBO Max in the United States.

Nosferatu, The Servant, and Blackmail make useful companions to Pandora's Box, all filed under black and white, loss of loved one, and silent film. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 275 votes and it carries a NR rating.