Pandora's Box (1929)

NR01/30/1929Drama, Crime, Romance2h 13m
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Overview

Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Louise Brooks

    Lulu

  2. Cast 1

    Fritz Kortner

    Dr. Ludwig Schön

  3. Cast 1

    Francis Lederer

    Alwa Schön

  4. Carl Goetz

    Schigolch

  5. Krafft-Raschig

    Rodrigo Quast

  6. Cast 1

    Alice Roberts

    Countess Anna Geschwitz

  7. Cast 1

    Daisy D'Ora

    Charlotte Marie Adelaide von Zarnikow

  8. Cast 1

    Gustav Diessl

    Jack the Ripper

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    Michael von Newlinsky

    Marquis Casti-Piani

Louise Brooks is Peter Pan-esque in this stylishly depicted story of "Lulu". She is beautiful and sexy, and she uses her gifts to effortlessly ensnare the wealthy "Dr. Schön" (Fritz Kortner). When it comes to marriage, however, she is tainted goods and so he becomes affianced to the more suitable "Charlotte" (Daisy D'Ora). He's still the jealous type, though, and is determined she will love no other. To that end he facilitates her joining the theatrical show of his adult son "Alwa" (Francis Lederer), who is none to immune to her charms either! Predictably, this plan only serves to throw oil on...