---
title: 'Pandora''s Box (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Georg Wilhelm Pabst'
released: '1929-01-30'
runtime_minutes: 143
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pandoras-box-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018737/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pandora's Box (1929)

1929 · 143 min · Drama, Crime · Germany

Original title: Die Büchse der Pandora

## Synopsis

Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent melodrama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, and starring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. The film follows Lulu, a seductive young woman whose uninhibited nature brings ruin to herself and those who love her. It is based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Georg Wilhelm Pabst](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-wilhelm-pabst)
- **Screenplay:** [Georg Wilhelm Pabst](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-wilhelm-pabst), [Ladislaus Vajda](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislaus-vajda)
- **Producer:** [Seymour Nebenzal](https://cinepixo.com/people/seymour-nebenzal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Günther Krampf](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-krampf)

## Cast

- [Alice Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/alice-roberts)
- [Karl Etlinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-etlinger)
- [Fritz Kortner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-kortner)
- [Gustav Diessl](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-diessl)
- [Daisy D'ora](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisy-d-ora)
- [Michael von Newlinsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-von-newlinsky)
- [Louise Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-brooks)
- [Carl Goetz](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-goetz)
- [Sig Arno](https://cinepixo.com/people/sig-arno)
- [Francis Lederer](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-lederer)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/pandoras-box-1929
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