The 1929 film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Louise Brooks as Lulu is Pandora’s Box.
Pandora’s Box is a German silent film adapted from Frank Wedekind’s plays Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. G. W. Pabst directed the film, and American actor Louise Brooks played Lulu, the central character whose relationships and choices drive the tragedy. The film is known for its stylized visual language and for Brooks’s performance.
Although its title invokes the Greek myth, the film is not a direct screen retelling of Hesiod’s story. It uses the Pandora image as a metaphor for desire, scandal, and destructive consequences. Its mixture of German filmmaking and an American star helped give it a distinctive place in silent-cinema history.
The film is sometimes confused with other works titled Pandora, including a 1951 British film. The 1929 production is specifically the Pabst film featuring Louise Brooks.