Pandora's Box

Starring: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, et al.

Seductive chorus girl Lulu leaves men in her wake. Silent.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 715515020626
• Release Date: November 2006
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: The Criterion Collection
• Director: G.W. Pabst
• Starring: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Gotz, Alice Roberts, Daisy d'Ora, Krafft Raschig, Michael von Newlinsky, Sig Arno, Gustav Diessl
• Runtime: 2 hours, 13 minutes
• Number of Disks: 2
• Other Video Info: Multiple Formats; Black & White; Dolby; NTSC; Silent; Subtitled
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Still fascinating today

The story is timeless and still holds your attention today. I was amazed as to how modern the film itself is. Probably the best known of G.W. Pabst’s works. Being a film from the silent era gives this film a collector’s value, yet five minutes into viewing and you do not realize it is silent. Lulu (Louise Brooks), an amoral entertainer in 1928 Berlin, is having fun taking men for all they have and snubbing those who may care for her. After moving to London, she is still in the habit of entertaining men at her place. She is about to open Pandora’s Box, as she has no idea who she has lured up to her place. If you are looking for an ending with a moral statement, you will be disappointed, as it is more of a Quid pro quo. If it is not already included in the media you picked for this film, there is an available separate documentary produced in 1998 for Turner Classic Movies called Louise Brooks - Looking for Lulu, narrated by Shirley MacLaine, which is almost as interesting as this film.