Georg Wilhelm Pabst’s 1929 film Pandora’s Box was primarily made in German.
The film is a German production from the Weimar Republic, the period between the end of the First World War and Adolf Hitler’s rise to power. It was directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst and based on Frank Wedekind’s German-language Lulu plays, Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box.
Louise Brooks, an American actress, plays Lulu, but her presence does not make the film an English-language production. The movie belongs to German silent cinema, so much of its storytelling depends on visual performance, intertitles, staging, and editing rather than spoken dialogue.
Later releases and restorations may use translated intertitles or subtitles for international audiences. That can make the language context less obvious, especially because the film became famous worldwide. Its German origin also places it within the artistic and cinematic culture commonly associated with Weimar-era Berlin.