Lulu is the female lead in the 1929 film Pandora’s Box. Played by Louise Brooks, Lulu is a magnetic performer whose relationships and choices drive the film’s dramatic events.
The character comes from Frank Wedekind’s Lulu plays, especially Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. G. W. Pabst adapted that theatrical material into a silent German film, preserving Lulu as its central figure while using cinema to emphasize movement, expression, and atmosphere.
Lulu is not the name of the ancient Greek figure in the myth of Pandora. The film’s title invokes Pandora, but its protagonist is Wedekind’s Lulu. This distinction is important when separating the 1929 movie from classical mythology.