In the 1929 film Pandora’s Box, which actress played the central character Lulu?

In the 1929 film Pandora’s Box, Louise Brooks played the central character Lulu.

Pandora’s Box is a German silent film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. Brooks plays Lulu, a charismatic and destructive figure whose relationships drive the film’s melodramatic plot. Her performance became the defining element of the movie and helped establish Lulu as one of silent cinema’s memorable characters.

The film is based mainly on Frank Wedekind’s plays Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. It is not a direct retelling of the ancient Greek myth, although its title invokes the same idea of irresistible temptation followed by catastrophe.

Brooks’s bobbed haircut and expressive acting became strongly associated with the film. The movie’s reputation grew substantially through later restoration and revival screenings, making Brooks and Lulu central to discussions of silent-film history and Weimar-era cinema.