Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)
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Wed 29 Oct 202520:15 - 22:30Grote Zaal
Program
Die Büchse der Pandora (1929), a film by Georg Wilhelm Pabst with music by Fréderique Chopin, Louis Durey, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Gustav Holst, Arthur Honegger, Franz Liszt, Bohuslav Martinů, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Albert Roussel, Erik Satie, Erwin Schulhoff and Germaine Tailleferre, compiled by Jed Wentz
Credits
Olga Pashchenko piano
Old or young, man or woman: whoever meets the unconventional, free-spirited Lulu falls for her disarming charm. Her impulsive behaviour not only brings ruin to those who love her, but ultimately seals her own doom. Louise Brooks delivers a stunning performance as the enigmatic Lulu in Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora’s Box), the film that catapulted her to international stardom and cemented her status as a silent film icon.
Brooks’ natural acting style, unusual at the time, made her ideal for the role of Lulu. In this performance, her spontaneous energy is mirrored by the passionate piano playing of Olga Pashchenko. She performs a score compiled by Jed Wentz from works by composers popular at the time of the film’s release. Director Georg Wilhelm Pabst based the film on Frank Wedekind’s two-part play Erdgeist/Die Büchse der Pandora that also served as the inspiration for Alban Berg’s opera Lulu.
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