Which 1929 German silent film shares its title with Pandora's Box?

The 1929 German silent film shares its title with Pandora's Box. Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film is a drama based primarily on Frank Wedekind's plays Earth Spirit and Pandora's Box.

Louise Brooks stars as Lulu, a central character whose relationships and choices lead to escalating tragedy. The film is not a direct screen adaptation of Hesiod's Greek myth. Its title uses the Pandora image as a metaphor for destructive desire, social scandal, and consequences released by human actions.

The movie is especially known for Brooks's performance, Pabst's direction, and its place in Weimar-era German cinema. It was made during the silent-film period, before sound film became dominant internationally. The film's artistic reputation grew substantially over time, and it is now frequently discussed as one of the major works of late silent cinema.

The title can therefore refer either to the ancient mythic expression or to this specific 1929 film. The film's subject, characters, and plot are distinct from the story of Pandora and Epimetheus.