One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate
talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo), and perhaps
none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime
Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by
Pabst's lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora's Box. Sensationally
modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet
innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect
on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora's
Box is one of silent cinema's great masterworks and a testament to
Brooks's dazzling individuality. (G.W. Pabst, Germany, 1929, 141 min.,
silent w/ score by Peer Raben) German intertitles with English
subtitles 2K restoration from best surviving 35mm material (1952,
1964, and 1970 duplicate elements) by Haghefilm Conservation, w/
archival sponsorship and FIAF coordination by the George Eastman House
and the collaboration of the Cinémathèque française, Cineteca del
comune di Bologna, Národní filmový archiv, and Gosfilmofond of
Russia. Restoration conceived and supervised by Martin Koerber and
funded by Hugh M. Hefner.
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