Which 1951 film titled Pandora and the Flying Dutchman was directed by Albert Lewin?

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is the 1951 film directed by Albert Lewin.

The film is a romantic fantasy starring Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds and James Mason as Hendrik van der Zee, the mysterious Flying Dutchman. Albert Lewin wrote and directed the production, which was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Its story combines a modern European setting with the legendary curse of the Flying Dutchman.

The title can cause confusion because Pandora is also the name of a figure in Greek mythology and of several unrelated films and astronomical objects. Lewin’s movie does not adapt Hesiod’s story of Pandora opening a jar. Instead, it uses the name for a fictional woman whose romance becomes entangled with a centuries-old maritime legend.

The film is also remembered for its visual style and for location shooting in Spain. Its cast and mythic premise helped it become a distinctive example of postwar fantasy-romance cinema.