Name: Louise Brooks in PANDORA’S BOX (1929) presented by Silents, Please! STL
Start: 2026-05-13T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Arkadin Cinema & Bar

$Louise Brooks in PANDORA\u2019S BOX (1929) presented by Silents, Please! STL$

This film is presented by Silents, Please! STL and will feature a special introduction from SPSTL’s Kate Stewart.
One of the masters of early German cinema, G. W. Pabst had an innate talent for discovering actresses (including Greta Garbo). And perhaps none of his female stars shone brighter than Kansas native and onetime Ziegfeld girl Louise Brooks, whose legendary persona was defined by Pabst’s lurid, controversial melodrama Pandora’s Box. Sensationally modern, the film follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone she comes in contact with. Daring and stylish, Pandora’s Box is one of silent cinema’s great masterworks and a testament to Brooks’s dazzling individuality. (Janus Films)
Restored from the best surviving 35mm elements at Haghefilm Conservation under the supervision of the Deutsche Kinemathek with the cooperation of George Eastman Museum, the Cinémathèque Française, Cineteca di Bologna, Národní filmový archiv, and Gosfilmofond.