Louise Brooks is one of the greatest and one of the last icons of silent cinema. Much of that was built on her colourful, ultra-hedonistic and scandalous private life, which, just like her bob hairstyle, perfectly encapsulated the Jazz Age. Although she began her career in Hollywood, the film she is best remembered for was made elsewhere. It was *Pandora’s Box*, 1929 drama directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, known as o…

