What is the title of the 1929 German film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst?

Pandora’s Box is the title of the 1929 German film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst. The silent film stars Louise Brooks as Lulu, a character whose relationships and choices drive the drama.

The film is loosely based on Frank Wedekind’s plays Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. It is not a direct screen adaptation of the ancient Greek myth. Its title invokes Pandora as a metaphor for destructive desire and consequences rather than retelling the story of the gods, Epimetheus, and the container.

Pabst’s film became especially famous through Brooks’s performance and the distinctive modern image she created as Lulu. Although it was released in the silent-film era, the work remains an important example of Weimar-era German cinema.

The title can cause confusion because several films, books, and television productions use Pandora’s Box. The 1929 film is specifically the German production directed by Pabst and starring Brooks.