G. W. Pabst directed the 1929 German film Pandora’s Box, titled Die Büchse der Pandora in German.
The silent film stars Louise Brooks as Lulu, a central character whose relationships and choices lead to a tragic series of events. It was directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, commonly credited as G. W. Pabst. The film is associated with the Weimar-era German cinema and is now regarded as one of Brooks’s defining performances.
Pandora’s Box was adapted from Frank Wedekind’s Lulu plays, Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora. It is therefore not a direct screen retelling of the ancient Greek myth, although its title invokes the myth’s image of dangerous consequences released by desire and curiosity.
The film’s surviving reputation grew substantially through later restoration and revival screenings. Its visual style, modernist atmosphere, and Brooks’s performance made it an important work in film history.