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Pandora's Box, the silent classic that caused a scandal on its 1929 release, stars Louise Brooks in the most memorable role of her career. Lulu is a high class prostitute whose incredible beauty and passion for life leaves a trail of broken admirers in her wake. She effortlessly gets what she wants as she discards one lover for .. Read more

Starring	Louise Brooks, Francis Lederer, Carl Gotz, Alice Roberts
Director	Georg W. Pabst
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian, World Cinema

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- A masterful adaptation/compression of Wede-kind's Lulu plays, the most humanely tragic portrait of obsession that the... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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  Masterpiece
  
  I've heard so much about this movie and it still comes as a shock, just how good it is & how luminous Louise Brooks is. You get no indication from her ... read more »
  
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  - PaXoMelun
  - Staffordshire
  - 26 May 2004 at 23:28
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- - 0
  - 0
  Not like this, please
  
  Everything lined up for a great watch at home. I'd read the Wedekind play behind this film, also Ken Tynan's rediscovery in... was it the Fifties?...of ... read more »
  
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- - Filmloveroxon
  - 5 reviews
  - 14 Sep 2011 at 20:57
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  Golly gee Louise!
  
  If you are a fan of silent cinema or simply want to expand your horizons i definitely recommend this title!!!
  
  This title sits at the top with some of... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - CurlyTop23
  - 6 reviews
  - Newcastle
  - 15 Aug 2010 at 19:12
- - 1
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  Slow on the uptake
  
  Louise Brooks is absolutely brilliant, and if you only know her from that famous photo with the beads you'll be amazed at how vivacious an actress she is. ... read more »
  
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- - WiseOldBob
  - 36 reviews
  - York
  - 09 Dec 2009 at 15:27
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  Wonderful!
  
  This is the first time I have watched a Louise Brooks film, amd I thoroughly enjoyed it. Louise Brooks is amazing to watch; you find it impossible to take your ... read more »
  
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  - St. Helens
  - 26 Jan 2009 at 14:51
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  pandoras box
  
  very old hard to understand not my cup of tea
  
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- - ricky
  - 360 reviews
  - Hastings
  - 06 Sep 2008 at 10:30
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  Customer Review
  
  This is a movie I've wanted to see for a long time. Yet was always put off when confronted with various edited versions previously available. One of which ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Innocent, not Naive Femme Fatale
  
  This is a great movie. Its subject is man's lust, desire to own even a share in a woman's attractiveness, as if she is a light that adds lustre to ... read more »
  
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- - makgrey
  - 40 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 07 Jun 2008 at 15:51
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  Great presence but a dated film.
  
  I'd accept that Miss Brooks was very beautiful, but, and I have to admit to being a bit of a fan of this genre, the film isn't that good.
  
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- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 17 Feb 2008 at 23:36
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  mismatched trailer?
  
  This film is advertised as a classic silent German film, however the trailer is in colour, with sound, american, modern and extremely uninspiring. I do hope ... read more »
  
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- - idontwantnickname
  - 41 reviews
  - Tadworth
  - 22 May 2007 at 20:17
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  a true screen icon
  
  2 stars for the story 4 for the direction 20 for Louise.
  
  Now I know what all the fuss is about, the photographs of Louise Brooks do not do justice to... read more »
  
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- - itstinks
  - 550 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 30 Jan 2007 at 09:51
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  Masterpiece
  
  I've heard so much about this movie and it still comes as a shock, just how good it is & how luminous Louise Brooks is. You get no indication from her ... read more »
  
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- 304046
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - PaXoMelun
  - Staffordshire
  - 26 May 2004 at 23:28
- - 10
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  A stunning central performance elevates an average film
  
  'Pandora's box' is mostly remembered for the actress in the lead role, Louise Brooks. She takes the role of Lulu, a prostitute in pre-war Germany ... read more »
  
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- - Philip Concannon
  - London
  - 03 May 2004 at 21:41
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  I have been debating ...
  
  I have been debating whether to give this film 4 of 5 stars. It's not perfect and is too melodramatic for my taste and director Pabst's style can appear... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 546 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Aug 2004 at 14:53
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  Golly gee Louise!
  
  If you are a fan of silent cinema or simply want to expand your horizons i definitely recommend this title!!!
  
  This title sits at the top with some of... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 914837
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - CurlyTop23
  - 6 reviews
  - Newcastle
  - 15 Aug 2010 at 19:12
- - 2
  - 0
  Innocent, not Naive Femme Fatale
  
  This is a great movie. Its subject is man's lust, desire to own even a share in a woman's attractiveness, as if she is a light that adds lustre to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 573528
- - makgrey
  - 40 reviews
  - Southampton
  - 07 Jun 2008 at 15:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Wonderful!
  
  This is the first time I have watched a Louise Brooks film, amd I thoroughly enjoyed it. Louise Brooks is amazing to watch; you find it impossible to take your ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 695516
- - a customer
  - St. Helens
  - 26 Jan 2009 at 14:51
- - 1
  - 0
  Slow on the uptake
  
  Louise Brooks is absolutely brilliant, and if you only know her from that famous photo with the beads you'll be amazed at how vivacious an actress she is. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 838458
- - WiseOldBob
  - 36 reviews
  - York
  - 09 Dec 2009 at 15:27
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  One helluva of a film, Brooks is something else
  
  This is the only silent film I have seen (I have difficulty with them) that fits the medium so perfectly, spoken dialogue seems completely unnecessary. The fact... read more »
  
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- - milnerv
  - Dorset
  - 14 Feb 2006 at 17:23
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  silent masterpiece
  
  Pandora's Box is regarded as a silent masterpiece and rightfully so as to this day this movie is an incredibly powerful and entertaining drama.Louise Brooks... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - West Yorkshire, England
  - 15 Oct 2006 at 18:53
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  a true screen icon
  
  2 stars for the story 4 for the direction 20 for Louise.
  
  Now I know what all the fuss is about, the photographs of Louise Brooks do not do justice to... read more »
  
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- 407371
- - itstinks
  - 550 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 30 Jan 2007 at 09:51

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  Pandora's Box, the silent classic that caused a scandal on its 1929 release, stars Louise Brooks in the most memorable role of her career. Lulu is a high class prostitute whose incredible beauty and passion for life leaves a trail of broken admirers in her wake. She effortlessly gets what she wants ...