Pabst, G. W.

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G. W. Pabst: (Georg Wilhelm Pabst) (gā´ôrkh vĬl´hĕlm päpst), 1885–1967, German film director, b. Austria. He used montage in such works of social realism as The Joyless Street (1925), Pandora's Box (1929), Westfront 1918 (1930), and The Threepenny Opera (1931).