Pandora's box
Nero-Film, AG; screenplay by Ladislaus Vajda; director, George Wilhelm Pabst
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Edition:
- [2-disc special ed.]
- Publication:
- Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, [2006]
- Distribution:
- Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment
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- Summary:
- Follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone with whom she comes in contact.
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- Language Notes:
- German intertitles with accompanying musical scores; optional English subtitles.
- Related Works:
- Motion picture adaptation of: Erdgeist [by Wedekind, F.]Motion picture adaptation of: Büchse der Pandora [by Wedekind, F.]
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- Subjects:
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., restored high-defintion transfer, dual-layer, DVD-9.
- Performers:
- Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Franz Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts; Daisy d'Ora, Gustav Diessl.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Gunther Krampf ; art directors, Andrej Andrejew, Gottlieb Hesch.
- General Notes:
- Title from container.
Adapted from the plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Bueschse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1929.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the definitive Munich Film Museum restoration; Four musical scores, each offering its own interpretation of the film; Audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane; "Louise Brooks: looking for Lulu" (1998), a 60-minute documentary by Hugh Munro Neeley; "Lulu in Berlin" (1971), a rare, 48-minute interview with Louise Brooks by vérité documentarian Richard Leacock and Susan Steinberg Woll; New video interviews with Leacock, about Brooks, and Michael Pabst the director's son; Stills gallery; Book featuring Kenneth Tynan's 1979 essay "The girl in the black helmet," an article by Louise Brooks on her relationship with Pabst, and a new essay by critic J. Hoberman. - Audience:
- Not rated.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (133 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (95 pages : ill. ; 19 cm).
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- PAN DVD
- ISBNs:
- 1934121045
9781934121047 - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 715515020626
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC1656D - OCLC Numbers:
- 932364339
71036519 [Invalid]
