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Plot

This drama is a remake of Pabst's famed 1929 film Die Buechse Der Pandora/Pandora's Box. It tells the story of a 14 year-old girl who is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady whom he marries off to a wealthy man. Her new husband really likes to watch her dancing naked. Later, when he catches her 'dancing' with a young artist, the husband drops dead of a heart attack. She then marries the artist, but he soon commits suicide. After that she marries her doctor, but when they get into a fight over a pistol, she accidentally shoots him. She is sent to prison, but is later freed by the doctor's son, and his lesbian pal. The threesome head for gay Paris. In the end, she ends up a streetwalker in London where she becomes a victim of Jack the Ripper.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
100min.
Distributor(s):
Gloriafilm
Director(s):
Rolf Thiele
Starring:
Russell Little , Nadja Tiller , Mike Bortin , O.E. Hasse , Timothy Findley
Keywords:
adolescence,artist,conflict,dance [art],death,decadence,doctor/nurse,freedom,heart-attack,husband,killing,lesbianism,liaison,man,prison,prostitute/prostitution,sex,son,suicide,teenagers,weapons