FILM DIRECTOR

G. W. Pabst

1885 - 1967

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Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967) was an Austrian film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of G. W. Pabst has received more than 291,127 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). G. W. Pabst is the 248th most popular film director (down from 178th in 2019), the 170th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 114th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Czech Film Director.

G.W. Pabst is most famous for the film Pandora's Box, starring Louise Brooks.

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  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, G. W. Pabst ranks 248 out of 2,041. Before him are Yılmaz Güney, Bertrand Tavernier, Víctor Erice, John Sturges, Lucio Fulci, and Karel Zeman. After him are Hirokazu Kore-eda, Tsui Hark, Edward Dmytryk, Patrice Chéreau, Frank Darabont, and Assi Dayan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, G. W. Pabst ranks 58. Before him are Sacha Guitry, Per Albin Hansson, Franz Böhme, Theda Bara, André Lhote, and Seishirō Itagaki. After him are Gunnar Asplund, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Jules Pascin, Władysław Raczkiewicz, Sydney Chaplin, and René Grousset. Among people deceased in 1967, G. W. Pabst ranks 61. Before him are Tamara Bunke, Ed White, Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia, Roger B. Chaffee, Léon M'ba, and Primo Carnera. After him are Julien Duvivier, Günther Blumentritt, Basil Rathbone, Paul Muni, Marcel Aymé, and Julius Schaub.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, G. W. Pabst ranks 170 out of 1,200. Before him are Julius Fučík (1872), František Palacký (1798), Christoph Schönborn (1945), Georg Benda (1722), Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860), and Karel Zeman (1910). After him are Petr Čech (1982), David Popper (1843), Ivo Viktor (1942), Bedřich Hrozný (1879), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), and Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Czechia

Among film directors born in Czechia, G. W. Pabst ranks 6. Before him are Miloš Forman (1932), Jiří Menzel (1938), Jan Švankmajer (1934), Věra Chytilová (1929), and Karel Zeman (1910). After him are Jiří Trnka (1912), Karel Reisz (1926), Václav Vorlíček (1930), František Čáp (1913), Elmar Klos (1910), and Harun Farocki (1944).

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Filmography

Pandora's Box
Director
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn into her web include respectable newspaper publisher Dr. Ludwig Schön, his musical producer son Alwa, circus performer Rodrigo Quast, and seedy old Schigolch. When Lulu's charms inevitably lead to tragedy, the downward spiral encompasses them all.
Jan 30o 19297.482 / 10
Diary of a Lost Girl
Director
Thymian Henning, an innocent young girl, is raped by the clerk of her father's pharmacy. She becomes pregnant, is rejected by her family, and must fend for herself in a harsh, cruel world.
Sep 27o 19297.4 / 10
The 3 Penny Opera
Director
In London at the turn of the century, underworld kingpin Mack the Knife marries Polly Peachum without the knowledge of her father, the equally enterprising 'king of the beggars'.
Feb 18o 19317.078 / 10