RobertVaughn on Piano In the role that made her a legend in Europe, andbelatedly in America, Louise Brooks plays Lulu, the beautiful, amoralvamp who destroys all those who come under her spell but who, as a Sohoprostitute, falls victim to Jack the Ripper. Under G. W. Pabst'sdirection, the film is a masterpiece of atmosphere, camera movement andediting. It is also one of the most sexually charged films ever made,due to Brooks' incendiary performance and the peculiar vision of Pabst,"the urbane analyst, bemused by the desires depicted in his films,occasionally even enchanted by them, but never hypocritical about hisown complicity in the spectacle...." (Andrew Sarris).