A source of great controversy at the time of its original release, Pandora's Box is now recognized as one of the seminal achievements of Weimar cinema. Austrian director G. W. Pabst reworked elements from two of Franz Wedekind's fin-de-siècle Lulu plays and the result is an amalgam of late nineteenth century social concerns (from the Salvation Army to Jack the Ripper). Pabst's choreography of action and Günther Krampf's lustrous cinematography fuse naturalist and expressionist elements, perfectly complementing the incandescent performance of American actress Louise Brooks. English subtitles available.