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Pandora’s Box (1929)

Directed by G.W. Pabst · Cinematography by Günther Krampf

109 min65 frames

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Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: closeup — An elderly man is framed closely against a dark, plain background. He gazes directly forward while…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: wide — A dark, fog-filled city street with stone walls and an old-fashioned lamp post. Three men gather near the…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A dimly lit room contains a decorative wooden table in the foreground. A man rests his head on the lap of…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit environment features a couple standing very close to each other. The man holds the…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit room focuses on a woman reclining on a soft surface. A person's hands frame her face from…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A wood-paneled room with large double doors and a carved wooden railing. A woman in a veil leans on the…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: closeup — An interior space with high-contrast lighting typical of 1920s silent cinema expressionism. An older man…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: fullbody — A dark, cramped attic space features slanted walls and rough wooden floorboards. A young man stands in…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A dark, sparsely furnished room with a wooden chair and wall textures visible. A man in a suit sits in a…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A dark, foggy urban street at night with stone walls and dim streetlights. A man in a long coat and hat…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A crowded social gathering occurs within a dimly lit, large indoor space. A man in formal attire stands…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A dimly lit interior space is visible only through high-contrast black and white tones. A young woman and…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A dark, dimly lit interior space features a foreground man in a classic trench coat. A distinct…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: closeup — A close portrait of a man in formal attire set against a dark void. The subject gazes intensely at the…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: medium — A view from inside an apartment looking toward an urban residential street scene. A man and a woman stand…Pandora’s Box (1929) movie still: fullbody — A dark stone tunnel is illuminated by distant light at the end. A lone man in a suit stands facing away…
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What is Pandora’s Box about?

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

Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent melodrama film directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, and starring Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer. The film follows Lulu, a seductive young woman whose uninhibited nature brings ruin to herself and those who love her. It is based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora.

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What does the cinematography of Pandora’s Box look like?

Across 65 sampled frames, Pandora’s Box builds its coverage from medium shots (49% of the sample), with close-ups (29%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Günther Krampf keeps 63% of it in soft, low-key light. 71% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 72% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1920s.

What is the color palette of Pandora’s Box?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Pandora’s Box (1929) are #010101, #303030, #8f8f8f, #6b6b6b, #cbcbcb, #f9f9f9 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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