Which 1929 film director made Pandora’s Box, the German drama centered on Lulu?

Georg Wilhelm Pabst directed Pandora’s Box, the 1929 German drama centered on Lulu.

Pabst was an Austrian film director who worked prominently in German cinema during the silent and early sound periods. His Pandora’s Box adapted Frank Wedekind’s Lulu plays and starred Louise Brooks. The film follows Lulu’s relationships and social collapse, using the title to evoke the destructive consequences associated with Pandora’s myth.

Pabst’s direction is often discussed in relation to the New Objectivity movement and the changing visual language of late silent cinema. Pandora’s Box is particularly noted for its treatment of sexuality, social power, and female self-presentation, themes that made it controversial and influential.

The film is sometimes confused with other landmark Weimar-era productions directed by Fritz Lang or F. W. Murnau. Those filmmakers were important contemporaries, but Pabst directed Pandora’s Box.