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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.
Sadoul's Dictionary of Films describes Thiele's work as "[a] heavy-handed, almost absurd version" of Wedekind's plays. But Robert von Dassanowsky credits Lulu as one of the "few notable [Austrian] dramas during the early 1960s".
Original Release
06/07/1962
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nadja Tiller | Lulu |
O.E. Hasse | Dr. Schön |
Hildegard Knef | Baroness Geschwitz |
Mario Adorf | Rodrigo Quast / Rodrigo |
Charles Regnier | Jack the Ripper |
Rudolf Forster | Schigolch |
Leon Askin | Dr. Goll / Medizinalrat Dr. Goll |
Sieghardt Rupp | Schwarz / Maler Schwarz |
Klaus Höring | Alva Schön |
Fritz von Friedl | Hugenberg |
Directors
Writers
Rolf Thiele, Frank Wedekind, Herbert Reinecker
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nadja Tiller | Lulu |
O.E. Hasse | Dr. Schön |
Hildegard Knef | Baroness Geschwitz |
Mario Adorf | Rodrigo Quast / Rodrigo |
Charles Regnier | Jack the Ripper |
Rudolf Forster | Schigolch |
Leon Askin | Dr. Goll / Medizinalrat Dr. Goll |
Sieghardt Rupp | Schwarz / Maler Schwarz |
Klaus Höring | Alva Schön |
Fritz von Friedl | Hugenberg |
Herbert Fux | Nachtclubbesucher |
Raoul Retzer | Nachtclubbesucher |
Rose Renée Roth | Lulu's Gouvernante |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Otto Dürer | Producer |