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Pandora's box = Die Büchse der Pandora  Cover Image DVD DVD

Pandora's box = Die Büchse der Pandora / produced by Heinz Landsmann ; written by Ladislaus Vajda ; directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Summary:

"Follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone around her."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (141 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Two-DVD special edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Criterion Collection, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1929.
Adapted from the plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Bueschse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind.
Full screen 1.33:1.
Essay by critic J. Hoberman and notes on the scores included in container.
Features: four musical scores, by Gillian Anderson, Dimitar Pentchev, Peer Raben, and Stéphan Oliva; audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane; Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998), a documentary by Hugh Munro Neely; Lulu in Berlin (1971), a rare interview with actor Louise Brooks, by Richard Leacock and Susan Steinberg Woll; interviews with Leacock and Michael Pabst, director G. W. Pabst's son.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Günther Krampf; art directors, Andrejew & Hesch (Andrej Andrejew, Gottlieb Hesch); composers, Gillian Anderson (orchestral score), Dimitar Pentchev (cabaret score), Peer Raben (modern orchestral score), Stéphan Oliva (piano improvisation).
Participant or Performer Note:
Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Franz Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts, Daisy d'Ora, Gustav Diessl, Michael v. Newlinsky, Siegfried Arno.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Silent film with German intertitles and musical accompaniment; optional English subtitles.
Source of Description Note:
Title from container.
Subject: Showgirls > Drama.
Femmes fatales > Drama.
Young women > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Interpersonal relations > Drama.
Genre: Romance films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Hood River County Library DVD FIC PAN (Text) 33892101019850 Adult New DVDs Available -

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538 . ‡aDVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
546 . ‡aSilent film with German intertitles and musical accompaniment; optional English subtitles.
508 . ‡aDirector of photography, Günther Krampf; art directors, Andrejew & Hesch (Andrej Andrejew, Gottlieb Hesch); composers, Gillian Anderson (orchestral score), Dimitar Pentchev (cabaret score), Peer Raben (modern orchestral score), Stéphan Oliva (piano improvisation).
5111 . ‡aLouise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Franz Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft-Raschig, Alice Roberts, Daisy d'Ora, Gustav Diessl, Michael v. Newlinsky, Siegfried Arno.
500 . ‡aOriginally released as a motion picture in 1929.
500 . ‡aAdapted from the plays "Erdgeist" and "Die Bueschse der Pandora" by Frank Wedekind.
500 . ‡aFull screen 1.33:1.
500 . ‡aEssay by critic J. Hoberman and notes on the scores included in container.
500 . ‡aFeatures: four musical scores, by Gillian Anderson, Dimitar Pentchev, Peer Raben, and Stéphan Oliva; audio commentary by film scholars Thomas Elsaesser and Mary Ann Doane; Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu (1998), a documentary by Hugh Munro Neely; Lulu in Berlin (1971), a rare interview with actor Louise Brooks, by Richard Leacock and Susan Steinberg Woll; interviews with Leacock and Michael Pabst, director G. W. Pabst's son.
520 . ‡a"Follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone around her."-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
540 . ‡aFor private home use only.
5218 . ‡aMPAA rating: Not rated.
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