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Pandora's Box (1929)

NR ★ 7.5/10 141 min Drama, Crime, Romance Germany German
Director: G.W. Pabst
Screenplay by: Ladislaus Vajda, G.W. Pabst
Writer: Joseph Fleisler
Theatre Play: Frank Wedekind
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Description

The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.

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Pandora's Box Appears on 8 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #953
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #356
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #247

Critic Curated

Paste Magazines 75 Best Films Of The 1920s
Paste Magazine #46
Paste Magazines The 100 Best Silent Films
Paste Magazine #58
Roger Eberts Great Movies
Roger Ebert #241
The Telegraphs 500 Must See Films
The Telegraph #235

Letterboxd Lists

Letterboxd 120 highest-rated 1920-1929 films
Letterboxd #44

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