Pandora's Box

Pandora's Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora) is a 1929 German silent melodrama film based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904). Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film stars Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. Brooks' portrayal of a seductive, thoughtless young woman whose raw sexuality and uninhibited nature bring ruin to herself and those who love her, al... More
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  • Jan 30, 1929

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  • 1 h 40 min

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  • Die Büchse der Pandora,
  • Die Buchse von Pandora

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Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director. Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (today's Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic), the son of a railroad employee. Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began. He was...

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  • Dec 1, 1929

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  • 1 h 40 min
  • 2 h 13 min
  • 2 h 23 min
  • 2 h 11 min
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