Pandora's box [videorecording] / Büchse der Pandora Nero-Film, AG ; screenplay by Ladislaus Vajda ; director, George Wilhelm Pabst. - Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection, 2006. - 2 videodiscs (ca. 133 min.) : sd., sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (95 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) - The Criterion collection ; 358 . - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 358 .

Adapted from the plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Bueschse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind. Originally released as a motion picture in 1929.

Director of photography, Gunther Krampf ; art directors, Andrej Andrejew, Gottlieb Hesch. Director of photography, Gunther Krampf ; art directors, Andrej Andrejew, Gottlieb Hesch.

Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Franz Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts; Daisy d'Ora, Gustav Diessl.

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.


DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo., restored high-defintion transfer, dual-layer, DVD-9.


Silent film with German intertitles, optional English subtitles, and four added musical scores.

1934121045


Women--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Feature films.

791.4372 / PAN 2006