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A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.A seductive woman falls in love with a mysterious ship's captain.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Pamela Mason
- Jenny
- (as Pamela Kellino)
Guillermo Beltrán
- Barman
- (as Guillermo Beltran)
Lilli Molnar
- Geoffrey's Housekeeper
- (as Lila Molnar)
- Director
- Writers
- Albert Lewin
- George Barrington(uncredited)
- Omar Khayyam(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaAva Gardner says in her autobiography that the actor Mario Cabré, who plays the bullfighter in love with her in the movie, wanted to do the same in real life. According to her, he was a real pain in the ass.
- GoofsIn the workroom where Stephen is repairing his race car, the words "NON FUMAR" are written on the wall, with the English words "NO SMOKING" beneath. The Spanish is incorrect: it should read "NO FUMAR".
- Quotes
Geoffrey Fielding: To understand one human soul is like trying to empty the sea with a cup.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: According to the legend, the Flying Dutchman was condemned to wander the seas eternally unless he could find a woman who loved him enough to die for him . . . .
THE SEAPORT OF ESPERANZA, ON THE MEDITERRANEAN COAST OF SPAIN, ABOUT TWENTY YEARS AGO . . . .
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
- SoundtracksYou're Driving Me Crazy
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Walter Donaldson
Sung by an uncredited male voice
Featured review
A Little Appreciated Surrealist Minor Classic
Mention Pandora and the Flying Dutchman to a modern audience and you will be met with blank looks...To a public who thrive on Terminator 4,5,6,etc I suspect this film would be completely unknown.Good reason then for enjoying it (and it's type of film) quietly, while letting the rest get on with Hollywood's more obvious offerings.
Unfortunately we don't have actors of the quality of James Mason anymore whose presence here is completely convincing as the otherwordly Dutchman of the title.
The photography, clever placing of prop statues
on moonlit beaches and raised camera angles viewing the coastal location in a surrealist style all help to create the fantasy illusion that echoes the art of the time....(Dali) etc.
More than anything the film works precisely because it was made then.....if it was remade today it simply wouldn't work the people aren't around anymore who would make it work in the 'digital' age. Incidentally the 'voiceover'narration works very well..(as it also did in the maligned original version of Blade Runner....now never shown)
In all a great film with a haunting quality....not as well known as it should be.
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- Nov 3, 2018
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Pandora und der fliegende Holländer
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,401
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,466
- Feb 9, 2020
- Gross worldwide
- $31,805
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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