Alice Roberts (actress)
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Alice Roberts was a Belgian actress active from the late 1920s to the late 1930s.
She may be best-remembered in Georg Wilhelm Pabst
's silent German film Pandora's Box
(1929). The film was memorable due to the overt lesbian
overtures between Roberts' character, the Countess Geschwitz, and Louise Brooks
' character, Lulu. The film was based on Frank Wedekind
's plays Earth Spirit (play)
and "Pandora's Box (play)
".
She may be best-remembered in Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
-Biography:Pabst was born in Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary , the son of a railroad employee.Returning from the United States, he was in France when World War I began...
's silent German film Pandora's Box
Pandora's Box (film)
Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent melodrama film based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora . Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film stars Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer...
(1929). The film was memorable due to the overt lesbian
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
overtures between Roberts' character, the Countess Geschwitz, and Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks
Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...
' character, Lulu. The film was based on Frank Wedekind
Frank Wedekind
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind , usually known as Frank Wedekind, was a German playwright...
's plays Earth Spirit (play)
Earth Spirit (play)
Earth Spirit is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the first part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays , both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed". In German folklore an erdgeist is a gnome, first described in Goethe's Faust...
and "Pandora's Box (play)
Pandora's Box (play)
Pandora's Box is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays , both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust and greed".G. W. Pabst directed a silent film version , which was loosely based on the play, in 1929...
".
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1932 | Mon curé chez les riches | ||
1931 | Costaud des PTT, Le | aka Roi des facteurs, Le (France) | |
1930 | Douceur d'aimer, La | Ruzy Valbreuse | aka The Sweetness of Loving (US) |
1930 | Quand nous étions deux | Lise Daltour | |
1929 | Narr seiner Liebe, Der | ||
1929 | Lustige Witwer, Der | Alice Dulac | |
1929 | Meineid | aka Perjury (International: English title) | |
1929 | Büchse der Pandora, Die Pandora's Box (film) Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent melodrama film based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora . Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film stars Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer... |
Gräfin Geschwitz - Countess Anna Geschwitz | aka Pandora's Box (UK) (US) |
1929 | Détresse | ||
1928 | Schicksal derer von Habsburg, Das | Louise of Coburg | |
1928 | Femme rêvée, La | aka An Ideal Woman (International: English title) | |
1928 | Île d'amour, L' | La nurse | aka Island of Love (International: English title) |
1928 | Miss Édith, duchesse | aka Miss Edith, Duchess (International: English title) |