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Release Date:
22 February 1930 (Japan) morePlot:
The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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The best "Lulu"-performance ever! more (59 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Louise Brooks | ... | Lulu | |
| Fritz Kortner | ... | Dr. Ludwig Schön | |
| Francis Lederer | ... | Alwa Schön (as Franz Lederer) | |
| Carl Goetz | ... | Schigolch | |
| Krafft-Raschig | ... | Rodrigo Quast | |
| Alice Roberts | ... | Gräfin Geschwitz - Countess Anna Geschwitz | |
| Daisy D'Ora | ... | Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow - braut Dr. Schöns - Dr. Schön's Bride (as Daisy d'Ora) | |
| Gustav Diessl | ... | Jack the Ripper (as Gustav Diesel) | |
| Michael von Newlinsky | ... | Marquis Casti-Piani (as Michael v. Newlinsky) | |
| Sig Arno | ... | Der inspizient - the instructor (as Siegfried Arno) |
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Germany:133 min (restored version) | USA:109 min | Belgium:152 min (Copy with French titles at Brussels Musée du Cinéma) | 131 min (original version) (21.4 fps) | 110 min (VHS version)Country:
GermanyLanguage:
GermanColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
SilentCertification:
Germany:(Banned) (1933-1945) | Portugal:17 (original release) | Portugal:(Banned) (1936-1945) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | Norway:(Banned) (1929) | UK:A (1929) | UK:PG (1993) | Australia:PG | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Finland:(Banned) (1929) | Sweden:(Banned)Filming Locations:
Nero-Film Studio, Berlin, GermanyFun Stuff
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Georg Wilhelm Pabst initially incurred a lot of wrath when he cast American Louise Brooks in the role of Lulu, a part which was considered to be quintessentially German. Ultimately Brooks' performance silenced her critics. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: The poster warning Londoners of Jack the Ripper is in German instead of English. moreFAQ
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For his movie "Die Büchse Der Pandora (Panodra's Box)", G.W. Pabst took together the tragedies "Der Erdgeist" and "Die Büchse Der Pandora", forming the famous Lulu-diptych written by German dramatist Frank Wedekind (1864-1918), an important ancestor of literary expressionism, who wrote amongst other works "Frühlings Erwachen" that caused many scandals.
What is congenial about this movie, is not only the fact, that Louise Brooks is doubtless the best Lulu ever seen (in theater as well as on the screen), but how G.W. Pabst managed to amalgamate this two literary masterpieces of the time of sexual liberation in Europe.
It is a real pity, that not more of Pabst work can be reached in the US and that most of his work is not available at all on DVD.