Pandora's Box is the 1929 film directed by G. W. Pabst that centers on Lulu.
The German silent film stars Louise Brooks as Lulu, a magnetic figure whose relationships and choices drive the drama. It was adapted from Frank Wedekind's plays Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box, bringing theatrical material into the visual language of late silent cinema. The title deliberately recalls the ancient myth without reproducing its characters or setting.
The film is frequently discussed as a major work of Weimar cinema and as a showcase for Brooks's screen persona. Its themes include desire, power, social judgment, and the destructive consequences of actions that cannot easily be contained—ideas that resonate with the Pandora image.
It is easy to confuse this title with other landmark German films of the silent era, especially The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and Metropolis. Those films are also German classics, but neither is centered on Lulu or adapted from Wedekind's Pandora plays.