Who directed the 2009 science-fiction film Pandorum, whose title echoes Pandora’s Box?

Christian Alvart directed the 2009 science-fiction film Pandorum, whose title echoes Pandora’s Box.

Pandorum is a science-fiction horror film about astronauts who awaken aboard the generation starship Elysium and struggle to understand what happened during the voyage. Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster lead the cast. The title refers to a fictional form of severe space-related psychological disturbance, while also sounding like Pandora and the destructive consequences associated with Pandora’s container.

The film was written and directed by German filmmaker Christian Alvart. It is not an adaptation of the Greek myth and does not retell Pandora’s story. Its connection to this topic is the deliberate mythic echo in the title and its themes of catastrophe, fear, and consequences unleashed by human actions.