G. W. Pabst directed the 1929 film Pandora's Box, a German silent drama centered on the character Lulu.
The film was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, whose name is commonly abbreviated as G. W. Pabst. It adapts material from Frank Wedekind's stage plays Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box, which both feature Lulu as a disruptive and sexually independent figure.
American actor Louise Brooks plays Lulu, and her performance became the film's defining feature. The movie is associated with the Weimar-era German cinema of the late 1920s and is now regarded as one of the major surviving silent films.
Pandora's Box is sometimes confused with the ancient Greek myth because of its title. The film does not retell Hesiod's story directly; instead, its title refers to Lulu's dangerous allure and the destructive consequences surrounding her. Pabst's direction and Brooks's performance have made the film a frequent subject of film-history writing.