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Die Büchse der Pandora

Deutschland 1928/1929 Spielfilm

Pandora′s Box

Dr. Schoen, owner of a large newspaper, has fallen under the spell of the beautiful florist Lulu. Not concerned with what others may think, he marries Lulu. Shortly thereafter, Lulu can no longer stand him, shoots him and is prosecuted. She then flees to Paris with Schoen′s son Alwa and another friend. But soon Lulu falls into the hands of a blackmailer and Alwa becomes a cardsharp. Once again, Lulu has to escape, this time her goal is London, where she finally meets her fate. She becomes a prostitute and, on Christmas Eve, Jack the Ripper′s next victim.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • G. W. Pabst

Screenplay

  • Ladislaus Vajda

Director of photography

  • Günther Krampf

Music

  • Willy Schmidt-Gentner
  • Peer Raben (Rekonstruktion 1997)

Cast

  • Louise Brooks
    Lulu
  • Fritz Kortner
    Dr. Schön
  • Franz Lederer
    Alva Schön
  • Carl Goetz
    Schigolch
  • Krafft-Raschig
    Rodrigo Quast
  • Alice Roberts
    Gräfin Geschwitz
  • Daisy d'Ora
    Dr. Schöns Braut
  • Gustav Diessl
    Jack the Ripper
  • Michael von Newlinski
    Marquis Casti-Piani
  • Siegfried Arno
    Inspizient

Production company

  • Nero-Film AG (Berlin)

Producer

  • Seymour Nebenzahl

Alle Credits

Director

  • G. W. Pabst

Assistant director

  • Mark Sorkin
  • Paul Falkenberg

Screenplay

  • Ladislaus Vajda

based on

  • Frank Wedekind (Bühnenstücke "Erdgeist" und "Die Büchse der Pandora")

Director of photography

  • Günther Krampf

Titles / Opticals

  • Marcel Tuszkay

Production design

  • Andrej Andrejew
  • Bohumil Heš

Costume design

  • Bohumil Heš

Editing (other)

  • Joseph R. Fieseler (Bearbeitung der amerikanischen Fassung)

Music

  • Willy Schmidt-Gentner
  • Peer Raben (Rekonstruktion 1997)

Arrangement

  • Matthias Suschke (Rekonstruktion 1997)

Conductor

  • Frank Strobel (Rekonstruktion 1997)

Music performer

  • Ensemble Kontraste (Nürnberg) (rekonstruierte Fassung 1997)

Cast

  • Louise Brooks
    Lulu
  • Fritz Kortner
    Dr. Schön
  • Franz Lederer
    Alva Schön
  • Carl Goetz
    Schigolch
  • Krafft-Raschig
    Rodrigo Quast
  • Alice Roberts
    Gräfin Geschwitz
  • Daisy d'Ora
    Dr. Schöns Braut
  • Gustav Diessl
    Jack the Ripper
  • Michael von Newlinski
    Marquis Casti-Piani
  • Siegfried Arno
    Inspizient
  • Hans G. Casparius
  • Paul Falkenberg
  • Speedy Schlichter

Production company

  • Nero-Film AG (Berlin)

Producer

  • Seymour Nebenzahl

Unit production manager

  • Georg C. Horsetzky

Location manager

  • Heinz Landsmann

Original distributor

  • Südfilm AG (Berlin)

Shoot

    • Oktober 1928 - November 1928: Filmwerke Staaken
Duration:
8 Akte, 4255 m
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 09.04.1934, O.07290, Verbot;
Zensur (DE): 30.01.1929, B.21540, Jugendverbot

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 09.02.1929, Berlin, Gloria-Palast

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Die Büchse der Pandora
  • Untertitel Variationen auf das Thema Frank Wedekinds "Lulu"
  • Verleihtitel (US) Pandora's Box

Versions

Original

Duration:
8 Akte, 4255 m
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Censorship/Age rating:

Zensur (DE): 09.04.1934, O.07290, Verbot;
Zensur (DE): 30.01.1929, B.21540, Jugendverbot

Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 09.02.1929, Berlin, Gloria-Palast

Prüffassung

Duration:
3020 m, 132 min bei 20 b/s
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Screening:

Aufführung (DE): 24.02.1997, Berlin, IFF, Zoo-Palast

Verleihfassung

Weiterer Titel (DE)
  • Verleihtitel (US)
  • Pandora's Box

TV-Fassung

Duration:
105 min
Format:
35mm, 1:1,33
Video/Audio:
s/w, stumm
Screening:

TV-Erstsendung (DE): 04.10.1975, West 3

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