The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her.
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Lulu
Dr. Ludwig Schön
Alwa Schön
Schigolch
Rodrigo Quast
Countess Anna Geschwitz
Charlotte Marie Adelaide von Zarnikow
Jack the Ripper
Marquis Casti-Piani
The Stage Manager
Defense attorney
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