Pandora’s Box

Directed by GW Pabst

A shimmering example of late Weimar cinema, Pabst’s excellent adaptation of Franz Wedekind’s Lulu plays made a star of a failing Paramount actress named Louise Brooks, launching a new image of female sexuality that remains a modern icon to this day. Guilelessly provocative, Lulu leads men to ruin, from Berlin to London where she meets her match one foggy night. Live accompaniment will be provided by dark ambient experimentalists Cipher(Saxophonist/Flautist Theo Travis & Bassist/Sound designer Dave Sturt). www.cipher.f9.co.uk Tickets: £6.00 full / £5.00 concs

A shimmering example of late Weimar cinema, Pabst’s excellent adaptation of Franz Wedekind’s Lulu plays made a star of a failing Paramount actress named Louise Brooks, launching a new image of female sexuality that remains a modern icon to this day.
Lulu (Brooks) is a dancer who lives off the kindness of strangers. When she becomes involved with a wealthy man it leads to tragedy

This restored 35mm print was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Louise Brooks’ birth and is a testament to both her – and the film’s – stunning beauty.

Tickets £6 full / £4.50 concs

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A shimmering example of late Weimar cinema, Pabst’s excellent adaptation of Franz Wedekind’s Lulu plays made a star of a failing Paramount actress named Louise Brooks, launching a new image of female sexuality that remains a modern icon to this day.

Lulu (Brooks) is a dancer who lives off the kindness of strangers. When she becomes involved with a wealthy man it leads to tragedy

Duration:
106 minutes

Languages:
Silent

Country of origin:
Germany

Year of production:
1928