Which 1951 British film was titled Pandora and the Flying Dutchman?

The 1951 British film was titled Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is a romantic drama directed by Albert Lewin. Ava Gardner plays Pandora Reynolds, an American living in Spain, while James Mason plays Hendrik van der Zee, the mysterious figure connected with the legend of the Flying Dutchman. The film combines modern romance with supernatural and mythic elements.

Its title invokes Pandora, but the movie is not a direct screen retelling of Hesiod’s story about the jar. Instead, it places a character named Pandora inside a different narrative involving doomed love and the seafaring legend of the Flying Dutchman.

This distinction matters because “Pandora” appears in several film titles. The 1929 German film Die Büchse der Pandora is commonly known in English as Pandora’s Box, whereas the 1951 British production is Pandora and the Flying Dutchman.