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Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Austrian film director (1885–1967)

2.09body-of-work score · ranked #505 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
August 27, 1885 · Roudnice nad Labem
Died
May 29, 1967 · Vienna
Nationality
Austria, Cisleithania
Work
film director, film editor, screenwriter, actor
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata
Portrait of Georg Wilhelm Pabst
AnonymousUnknown author · Public domain

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1
    Pandora's BoxDie Büchse der Pandora

    1929 · Germany · silent, drama, crime

    Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #243 · Empire 500 (2008) #248 · Criterion Collection spine #358

    0.864 citations
  2. 2
    ComradeshipLa Tragédie de la mine

    1931 · France / Germany · drama

    Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 1932 #4 · Criterion Collection spine #908

    0.592 citations
  3. 3
    The Threepenny OperaDie Dreigroschenoper

    1931 · Germany / France / United States · drama, musical

    Kurosawa's 100 favorite films · Criterion Collection spine #405

    0.342 citations
  4. 4
    Westfront 1918

    1930 · Weimar Republic · drama, silent

    Criterion Collection spine #907

    0.161 citation
  5. 5
    Diary of a Lost GirlTagebuch einer Verlorenen

    1929 · Germany / Weimar Republic · drama, silent

    Roger Ebert's Great Movies

    0.131 citation

Complete filmography

All 37 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1923The Treasure
  • 1924Countess Donelli
  • 1925Joyless Street
  • 1926One Does Not Play with Love
  • 1926Secrets of a Soul
  • 1927The Love of Jeanne Ney
  • 1928The Devious Path
  • 1929Diary of a Lost Girl
  • 1929Pandora's Box
  • 1929The White Hell of Pitz Palu
  • 1930Skandal um Eva
  • 1930Westfront 1918
  • 1931Comradeship
  • 1931The Threepenny Opera
  • 1932The Mistress of Atlantis
  • 1933Cette nuit-là
  • 1933Don Quichotte
  • 1933Don Quichotte (1933)
  • 1933Don Quixote
  • 1933High and Low
  • 1934A Modern Hero
  • 1935Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü
  • 1937Street of Shadows
  • 1938The Shanghai Drama
  • 1939Girls in Distress
  • 1941The Comedians
  • 1943Paracelsus
  • 1945Der Fall Molander
  • 1948The Trial
  • 1949Mysterious Shadows
  • 1953Voice of Silence
  • 1954Cose da pazzi
  • 1954The Confession of Ina Kahr
  • 1955Jackboot Mutiny
  • 1955The Last Ten Days
  • 1956Ballerina
  • 1956Through the Forests and Through the Trees