| Description |
2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (95 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 358.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 (orchestral score only) or Dolby digital stereo.; full screen (1.33:1). |
| Language |
Silent, with musical accompaniment & German intertitles; optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Franz Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts, Daisy d'Ora, Gustav Diessl, Michael v. Newlinsky, Siegfried Arno. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Gunther Krampf ; art directors, Andrej Andrejew, Gottlieb Hesch. |
| Note |
Adapted from the stage plays: Erdgeist & Die büschse der Pandora / by Frank Wedekind. |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1929. |
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Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser & Mary Ann Doane; four different musical scores (orchestral score by Gillian Anderson, cabaret score by Dimitar Pentchev, modern orchestral score by Peer Raben, piano improvisation by Stéphan Oliva). |
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Special features (disc 2): "Louise Brooks : looking for Lulu" (documentary film by Hugh Munro Neeley ; 1998, 60 min.); "Lulu in Berlin" (documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock & Susan Steinberg Woll interview actress Louise Brooks ; 1971, 48 min.); "The shadow of my father : Michael Pabst on G.W. Pabst's 'Pandora's box'" (interview with director G.W. Pabst's son by Richard Leacock ; 2006, 34 min. ; in German, with optional English subtitles); stills gallery. |
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Accompanying booklet ("Reflections on 'Pandora's box'") includes essays by film critic J. Hoberman ("Opening 'Pandora's box'"), film critic Kenneth Tynan ("The girl in the black helmet"), & actress Louise Brooks ("Pabst and Lulu"). |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
Not rated by the MPAA. |
| Summary |
A beautiful young dancer is forced to flee her native Germany after a scuffle with her wealthy fiancee leaves him dead. |
| Subject |
Young women -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Showgirls -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Femmes fatales -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (GERMAN), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Silent films.
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| Added Author |
Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967.
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Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985.
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Kortner, Fritz.
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Lederer, Francis, 1899-2000.
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Elsaesser, Thomas, 1943-
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Doane, Mary Ann.
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Anderson, Gillian B., 1943-
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Pentchev, Dimitar.
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Raben, Peer.
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Oliva, Stephan.
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Hoberman, J.
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Tynan, Kenneth, 1927-1980.
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Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918.
Erdgeist.
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Wedekind, Frank, 1864-1918.
Büchse der Pandora.
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Nero-Film A.G.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Büchse der Pandora |
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Pandora's box |
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Büchse der Pandora (Motion picture : 1921)
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Louise Brooks : looking for Lulu.
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Lulu in Berlin.
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Shadow of my father : Michael Pabst on G.W. Pabst's Pandora's box.
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Reflections on Pandora's box.
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Opening Pandora's box.
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Girl in the black helmet.
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Pabst and Lulu.
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| ISBN |
1934121045 |
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9781934121047 |
| Standard No. |
715515020626 |
| Music No. |
CC1656D Criterion Collection |
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