''Lulu'' (also released in the UK as ''No Orchids for Lulu'') is a 1962 Austrian crime drama film written and directed by

Rolf Thiele Rolf Thiele (7 March 1918 – 9 October 1994) was a German film director, film producer, producer and screenwriter. He directed 42 films between 1951 and 1977. He was born in Ústí nad Labem, Prödlitz, then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. ...

. The film is an adaptation of

Frank Wedekind Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the de ...

's Lulu plays—'' Earth Spirit'' (''Erdgeist'', 1895) and '' Pandora's Box'' (''Die Büchse der Pandora'', 1904)—and stars

Nadja Tiller Nadja Tiller (born 16 March 1929 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian actress. She was one of the most popular German-speaking actresses of international films of the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Nadja Tiller, daughter of actor Anton Tiller of Vie ...

(as Lulu),

O. E. Hasse Otto Eduard Hasse (11 July 1903 – 12 September 1978) was a German film actor and director. Biography Hasse was born to Wilhelm Gustav Eduard Hasse, a blacksmith, and Valeria Hasse in the village of Obersitzko, Province of Posen, German ...

, and Hildegard Knef. Sadoul's ''Dictionary of Films'' describes Thiele's work as " heavy-handed, almost absurd version" of Wedekind's plays. But

Robert von Dassanowsky Robert von Dassanowsky FRHistS, FRSA (born January 28, 1965) is an Austrian-American academic, writer, film and cultural historian, and producer. He is usually known as Robert Dassanowsky. Education, career and publications Dassanowsky was born ...

credits ''Lulu'' as one of the "few notable ustriandramas during the early 1960s".

Plot

The 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

: Lulu *

: Dr. Schön * Hildegard Knef: Gräfin Geschwitz * Mario Adorf: Rodrigo *

Charles Regnier Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

: Jack the Ripper *

Rudolf Forster Rudolf Forster (30 October 1884 – 25 October 1968) was an Austrian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1914 and 1968. His autobiography ''Das Spiel, mein Leben'' was published by Propyläen Verlag in 1967. He was born in Gr� ...

: Schigolch *

Leon Askin Leon Askin (; born Leon Aschkenasy, 18 September 1907 – 3 June 2005) was an Austrian Jewish actor best known in North America for portraying the character General Burkhalter on the TV situation comedy ''Hogan's Heroes''. Life and career A ...

: Medizinialrat Dr. Goll * Sieghardt Rupp: Maler Schwarz *

Claus Höring Claus (sometimes Clas) is both a given name and a German, Danish, and Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1907–1944), a German officer who, along with others, attempted to assassina ...

: Alva Schön

References

External links

* * 1962 films 1962 crime drama films Austrian crime drama films Films directed by Rolf Thiele Films based on works by Frank Wedekind Films set in the 1900s Films set in Germany Films set in Paris Films set in London 1960s German-language films {{1960s-crime-drama-film-stub