Which 1929 film directed by G. W. Pabst stars Louise Brooks as Lulu?

The 1929 film Pandora’s Box, directed by G. W. Pabst, stars Louise Brooks as Lulu. It is a German silent film adapted from Frank Wedekind’s Lulu plays.

Brooks’s performance became the film’s defining feature. Lulu is presented as charismatic and destructive, and the story follows the consequences of her relationships and public image. The film’s title refers to the destructive potential associated with its central character rather than retelling the ancient Greek myth directly.

Pabst’s production is often discussed as a major work of Weimar-era German cinema. Its visual style, moral ambiguity, and treatment of sexuality helped make it an important example of late silent filmmaking. Brooks’s bobbed haircut and screen presence also became closely associated with the role.

The movie is sometimes confused with later adaptations of Wedekind or with films that use Pandora only as a metaphor. This specific title identifies Pabst’s 1929 silent production, in which Brooks plays Lulu.