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Pandora’s Box

Pandora’s Box

G.W. Pabst, 1929

Spine #358

Picked by 2 guests

Drama / Crime / Romance

Criterion Letterboxd TMDB

Directed by G.W. Pabst

Written by Ladislaus Vajda, G.W. Pabst, Joseph Fleisler

Cinematography Günther Krampf

Edited by Joseph Fleisler

Cast Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts, Daisy D'Ora, Gustav Diessl

Picked by

Natasha Lyonne

“City Lights, Pandora’s Box.”

Azazel Jacobs

“Pandora’s Box. Louise Brooks starring in it. I think she’s one of the best writers on film. Lulu in Hollywood, I would highly recommend that book because she can write about film like nobody else. This is a movie my father, Ken Jacobs, talks about all the time. And I have to be honest, I don’t believe I ever saw it. So I know this is probably the best way that I could ever possibly see it. And then I could no longer pretend that I’ve seen it with him. And I’m sure I’m going to find it as bril...”