Which German silent film, directed by G. W. Pabst, stars Louise Brooks as Lulu?

The German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Louise Brooks as Lulu is Pandora’s Box.

Released in 1929, Pandora’s Box is a German drama adapted from plays by Frank Wedekind, especially Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box. Louise Brooks plays Lulu, a charismatic woman whose relationships and choices drive the film’s tragic plot.

Georg Wilhelm Pabst directed the film, which became especially influential after later critics and audiences reassessed Brooks’s performance. The movie is often discussed as a major work of Weimar-era German cinema and as an important surviving example of late silent filmmaking.

The film is not a direct screen version of Hesiod’s Greek myth. Its title invokes Pandora as a metaphor for desire, danger, and consequences, while the narrative comes from Wedekind’s dramatic characters. The English title is usually written Pandora’s Box, although the German title is Die Büchse der Pandora.