Points of Discussion: Pandora's Box (1928)

by G.W. Pabst

Settings

• realistic or stylized?
• Lulu's apartment
• Dr. Schön's home
• the court room
• the gambling ship
• apartment in London

Characters

• Lulu
• Schilgolch
• Dr. Schön
• Alwa Schön
• Rodrigo
• Countess Geschwitz
• meter man
• Count Piani
• Jack the Ripper

History or Myth?

• Pandora
• Jack the Ripper
• Salvation Army

Femme Fatale?

• Is Lulu conscious of her destructive power?
• woman as object of the spectacle

Androgyny

• boyish body and hair
• association with Countess Geschwitz
• exchange of clothes with sailor

Economics

• social classes
• sex, alchohol, money
• white slavery

Image and Spectacle

• Lulu's portrait in Pierrot costume
• court photographer
• posing in photos
• costume sketches by Countess Geschwitz
• theater spectacle
• women's magazine
• men with monocle
• position of the male body in the frame