What is the original German title of G. W. Pabst’s 1929 film commonly called Pandora’s Box?

The original German title of G. W. Pabst’s 1929 film commonly called Pandora’s Box is Die Büchse der Pandora.

The German title is also the name of one of Frank Wedekind’s Lulu plays, which supplied source material for the film. “Büchse” means a box or container, while “Pandora” is the mythological woman whose opened vessel releases troubles into the world.

English-language references generally use Pandora’s Box, making the German title easy to overlook. The film was produced during Germany’s Weimar period and became internationally known through later screenings, restorations, and film scholarship.

It is important to distinguish this title from Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, a separate 1951 American film starring Ava Gardner. Both films draw on the Pandora name, but they have different plots, directors, casts, and production histories.