Lulu (also released in the UK as No Orchids for Lulu) is a 1962 Austrian crime drama film written and directed by Rolf Thiele. The film is an adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Lulu plays—Earth Spirit (Erdgeist, 1895) and Pandora's Box (Die Büchse der Pandora, 1904)—and stars Nadja Tiller (as Lulu), O. E. Hasse, and Hildegard Knef.
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| Directed by | Rolf Thiele |
| Screenplay by | Rolf Thiele |
| Based on | The Lulu plays by Frank Wedekind |
| Produced by | Otto Dürer |
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| Cinematography | Michel Kelber |
| Edited by | Eleonore Kunze |
| Music by | Karl de Groof |
Production company | Vienna Film |
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Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | Austria |
| Language | German |
Sadoul's Dictionary of Films describes Thiele's work as "[a] heavy-handed, almost absurd version" of Wedekind's plays.[1] But Robert von Dassanowsky credits Lulu as one of the "few notable [Austrian] dramas during the early 1960s".[2]
Plot
editThe story of a sexually enticing young dancer who rises up in society through her relationships with wealthy men, but later falls into poverty and prostitution, culminating in an encounter with Jack 'the Ripper'.
Cast
edit- Nadja Tiller: Lulu
- O. E. Hasse: Dr. Schön
- Hildegard Knef: Gräfin Geschwitz
- Mario Adorf: Rodrigo
- Charles Regnier: Jack the Ripper
- Rudolf Forster: Schigolch
- Leon Askin: Medizinialrat Dr. Goll
- Sieghardt Rupp: Maler Schwarz
- Claus Höring: Alva Schön
References
edit- ^ Sadoul, Georges (1972) [1965]. Dictionary of Films. Translated, edited and updated by Peter Morris. Berkeley; Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 46. ISBN 0-520-01864-8. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ Dassanowsky, Robert von (November 2006). "Austria's 1960s Film Trauma: Notes on a Cinematic Phoenix". Undercurrents (3). FIPRESCI. Archived from the original on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
External links
edit- No Orchids for Lulu at IMDb
- Lulu at AllMovie
