Which 1951 film directed by Albert Lewin combined the Pandora name with the Flying Dutchman legend?

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is the 1951 film directed by Albert Lewin that combined the Pandora name with the Flying Dutchman legend.

The film stars Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds and James Mason as Hendrik van der Zee. Its plot presents a doomed romantic relationship shaped by the sailor’s supernatural past and the legend that he must sail eternally.

Although the title invokes Pandora, the film does not adapt Hesiod’s account of Pandora’s jar. Instead, it places a modern woman inside a story built chiefly around the Flying Dutchman tradition, with themes of love, sacrifice, fate, and immortality.

Albert Lewin wrote and directed the film. It is often remembered for its unusual mixture of mythic references, romantic melodrama, Spanish settings, and elaborate visual design.