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Pandora's Box

Die Büchse der Pandora

1929

Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Alice Roberts, Carl Goetz ...

7.5

1,837

Drama. Romance In Weimar Germany, Lulu is an entrancing and beautiful free-spirited girl who lives on the beneficences of the men who fall under her powerful yet somehow innocent spell. Her current paramour is the highly-respectable Dr. Schön, but even his handsome son Alwa cannot resist the draw which Lulu exerts. Dr. Schön comes to believe he must marry Lulu, even though he has been engaged to a proper young woman of his own class, when his affair ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A tour de force of cinematic eroticism."	POS
United States	Variety	"Superficial and lacking in suspense or thrill."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Louise Brooks regards us from the screen as if the screen were not there; she casts away the artifice of film and invites us to play with her (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"Despite all you've heard and read about it, 'Pandora's Box' does only an adequate job of showcasing Brooks."	NEU
United States	Wesley Morris Boston Globe	"Brooks' s pleasure-seeking brightness in 'Pandora's Box' makes the movie's ultimate darkness so powerful."	POS
United States	Don Druker Chicago Reader	"One of the classic films of the German silent era (...) Louise Brooks is magnificent."	POS
United Kingdom	The Guardian	"The erotic nihilism of the movie is startling (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Bold for its time, this restored, uncut version is a touch slow at some points, but its star glows throughout (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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