Pandora’s Box
Pandora’s Box
Los Angeles Restoration Premiere
Los Angeles Restoration Premiere
Pandora’s Box chronicles the life and ultimate downfall of the charming and amoral Lulu (Louise Brooks), whose somewhat impish behavior and alluring sensuality leads to the misfortune of those who love her. The film is noted to feature one of the first depictions of a lesbian character in Countess Augusta Geschwitz (Alice Roberts). Brooks considered herself to be sexually liberated, eschewing labels; she reveled in encouraging speculation about her sexual inclinations, choosing to surround herself with notable sapphic figures of the time.
DIRECTED BY: G.W. Pabst. WRITTEN BY: Ladislaus Vajda. WITH: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz. 1929. 141 min. USA. B&W. Silent. English intertitles. DCP. Restored in 2K from the best surviving 35mm elements at Haghefilm Conservation under the supervision of the Deutsche Kinemathek with the cooperation of George Eastman Museum, the Cinémathèque Française, Cineteca di Bologna, Národní filmový archiv, and Gosfilmofond.
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