In the 1929 film Pandora’s Box, what is Lulu’s surname?

In the 1929 film Pandora’s Box, Lulu is identified only by her first name and has no stated surname. This single-name presentation helps make her an archetypal figure rather than a fully explained member of a particular family or social class.

Lulu begins the film as the lover of newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön. Her relationships and public performances drive the plot through marriage, scandal, escape, and murder. The character originated in Frank Wedekind’s dramatic works, where she is also known simply as Lulu.

Viewers sometimes assume that Lulu has a surname because many film characters do, or because adaptations and summaries add descriptive labels. The 1929 film itself does not supply one. The character’s lack of a surname is therefore a precise feature of the film’s naming and not a missing alternate translation.