Pandora's Box (movie)
Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora) was a silent film directed by GW Pabst and released in 1929. The title is a reference to Pandora of Greek mythology, who upon opening a box given to her by the gods released all evils into the world, leaving only hope behind.
Louise Brooks stars as Lulu, a sexual predator of a woman who ends her life in London as a victim of Jack the Ripper.
The film is based on Frank Wedekind's play Die Büchse der Pandora (1903), which was also the source for Alban Berg's opera ''Lulu.
