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G.W. Pabst

Director

G.W. Pabst

Directing: 1923 — 1932 · 12 films
Lived: 25 August 1885 — d. 1967
From: Raudnitz, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Roudnice, Czech Republic)

Georg Wilhelm Pabst (25 August 1885 – 29 May 1967), known professionally as G. W. Pabst, was an Austrian theatre and film director.

Career Signature

How G.W. Pabst’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

heavy emotional

melancholy beauty

emotionally devastating

architectural framing

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