Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm) 1885-1967Overview
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Die Büchse der Pandora Variationen auf das Thema Frank Wedekinds Lulu = Pandora's box : variations on the theme of Frank Wedekind's Lulu
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2 editions published in 2006 in German and No Linguistic content and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her
Die 3groschenoper The threepenny opera
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2 editions published in 2007 in German and held by 697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide "Set in the impoverished back alleys of Victorian London, The threepenny opera follows underworld antihero Mackie Messer (a.k.a. Mack the Knife) as he tries to woo Polly Peachum and elude the authorities"--Container
Die 3 groschen oper The 3 penny opera
by Kurt Weill
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69 editions published between 1931 and 2011 in German and English and held by 622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story involves the charismatic Macheath, known as "Mack the Knife" and the complications which arise when he weds Polly Peachum, the daughter of "London's Beggar King" a sort of pimp of the destitute
Büchse der Pandora Pandora's box
by G. W Pabst
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65 editions published between 1920 and 2006 in 5 languages and held by 531 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Silent classic film with Louise Brooks playing the tempestuous Lulu, who destroys everyone she comes in contact with, eventually turning to prostitution and a fateful meeting with Jack the Ripper
Pandora's box (Lulu)
by G. W Pabst
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13 editions published between 1971 and 1984 in 3 languages and held by 438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen Diary of a lost girl
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5 editions published between 1995 and 2007 in English and held by 349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A pharmacist's daughter seduced by her father's assistant has a child and is banished to a repressive reform school. Escaping, she makes her way penniless to a brothel where she lives for the moment
The joyless street
by G. W Pabst
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42 editions published between 1925 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 335 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A drama about the hunger and passion of the people living under the distorted conditions of inflation-ridden, postwar Vienna
Secrets of a soul a psychoanalytic film
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12 editions published between 1926 and 2008 in English and German and held by 244 WorldCat member libraries worldwide By deciphering dream symbols, a psychoanalyst is able to resolve his patient's unconscious conflicts, curing him
Diary of a lost girl
by G. W Pabst
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36 editions published between 1929 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A girl escapes from a repressive reform school and is directed to a brothel where she becomes liberated and lives for the moment with radiant physical abandon
Weisse Hölle vom Piz Palü The white hell of Pitz Palü
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10 editions published between 1929 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 187 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The best of the German "mountain film" genre, notable for its impressive photography and uniquely Germanic combination of terror and idealism, about a man who sets out with two companions to conquer an Alpine peak that has already claimed his wife
Westfront 1918 Vier von der Infanterie
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18 editions published between 1930 and 2014 in German and English and held by 155 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A German account of life on the Westfront during the first World War
Die Büchse der Pandora Pandora's box
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3 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in German and English and held by 144 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Follows the downward spiral of the fiery, brash, yet innocent showgirl Lulu, whose sexual vivacity has a devastating effect on everyone with whom she comes in contact
Kameradschaft Comradeship
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23 editions published between 1931 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 140 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Based on an actual incident in which German miners crossed the border to go to the assistance of French miners trapped by an explosion
The love of Jeanne Ney [Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney]
by G. W Pabst
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13 editions published between 1927 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Jeanne Ney is the daughter of a French diplomat who is assassinated by Bolsheviks. She falls in love with a young Communist, Andreas and have a brief interlude of happiness in Paris until her uncle is murdered and the crime pinned on Andreas
Die freudlose Gasse
by G. W Pabst
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17 editions published between 1925 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 135 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A drama about the hunger and passion of the people living under the distorted conditions of the inflation-ridden, postwar Vienna
The Threepenny opera
by Bertolt Brecht
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33 editions published between 1931 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide In Victorian London, Mack the Knife, gentleman and thief, is loved by Jenny, his favorite whore, by Polly Peachum, daughter of the Beggar King and by Lucy, the jailor's daughter. Pabst's satirical treatment of this 19th-century underworld with its pimps, prostitutes and thieves draws comparisons with Germany in the 1920's. (Does not circulate)
Don Quixote
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15 editions published between 1933 and 2009 in English and French and held by 84 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The story of an old Spaniard who transforms himself into a knight-errant and takes up arms in the defense of the weak and oppressed
Adventures of Don Quixote
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4 editions published between 1994 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 78 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Don Quixote has read too much on chivalry, and made himself mad. He declares himself a knight, chooses Sancho Panza as his squire and the neighboring farm-girl his 'fair Dulcinea', and sets off on adventures, including the famous 'tilting at windmills'
Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney
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14 editions published between 1927 and 2001 in English and German and held by 72 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The film tells the story of a young Frencj woman's struggle for happiness amidst the chaos of post-WW1 Europe. -- Container
German expressionism collection
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 49 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Warning shadows : Psychological study of a count who is insanely jealous of the attentions his wife pays to "the lover" and various other suitors. The situation comes to a head when a showman/mesmerist puts on a "shadow play" for them all, in which their emotions and passions are mirrored more
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Alps Austria Austria--Vienna Brecht, Bertolt, Büchse der Pandora (Motion picture : 1929) Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, Communists Criminals Diplomats Dream interpretation England--London England--London--Soho Femmes fatales Film adaptations France Gay, John, German language Germany Jack,--the Ripper Man-woman relationships Military campaigns Mine accidents Moral conditions Motion picture plays Motion pictures Motion pictures, German Mountaineering Murder Musicals Operas Operas--Excerpts Pabst, G. W.--(Georg Wilhelm), Poor Prostitutes Prostitution Psychotherapist and patient Rescues Revues Sex Showgirls Social conflict Social history Unmarried mothers Vacation homes Wedekind, Frank, Weill, Kurt, Western Front (World War (1914-1918)) Women--Sexual behavior World War (1914-1918) Young women
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