Pandora's Box (1929) DVD

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Pandora's Box (1929)

Director:

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Writers:

Frank Wedekind (plays), Ladislaus Vajda(scenario)

Stars:

Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer

German filmmaker G.W. Pabst's late-silent classic Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) stars the hauntingly beautiful Louise Brooks as libertine dancer Lulu. Ever out for the "main chance," Lulu persuades her wealthy lover Dr. Schön (Fritz Kortner) to marry her. But in a fit of jealous rage, he pulls a gun, a scuffle ensues, and she shoots him. Eventually escaping to London with the doctor's moonstruck son Alwa (Francis Lederer), Lulu takes up residence with her "adopted" father Schigolch (Carl Götz), where she is reduced to walking the streets, with tragic consequences. Pandora's Box (based on two works by the controversial German writer Franz Wedekind) exudes smoky sensuality in every frame; regarded now as a masterpiece, the film received surprisingly scathing reviews, with most of the critical broadsides aimed at Louise Brooks (this was long before Brooks graduated from just another pretty Hollywood starlet to Cult Goddess).

Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018737/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

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Posted by Unknown on Jul 4th 2019

Pandora's Box (1929) suffers greatly from various truncated versions editing out important details. Zeus offers the 131 minute version, which is the same content as the 133 minute version that just plays the title music a bit longer. Throw out your shorter versions and get this one. At least until a longer version is commercially available.