Frau im Mond (By Rocket to the Moon) (Woman in the Moon)

Frau im Mond (By Rocket to the Moon) (Woman in the Moon) (1929)

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One of the first major films to dwell upon the possibility of space travel, Fritz Lang's Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) is, like many of its modern-day counterparts, more successful on a special-effects level than it is in terms of character development. The titular female, played by Gerda Maurus… More

Unrated, 12 min.
Directed By
Fritz Lang
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Oct 15, 1929 Wide
On DVD
Nov 9, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • S. James Wegg, JWR

    The heavenly lengths of being worlds apart

  • Anton Bitel, Film4

    In Lang's overlong but intriguing space oddity, the realities of flight clash with the reveries of the characters.

  • Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

    Magnificent science fiction epic.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The last silent film by Fritz Lang.

  • Keith Uhlich, Slant Magazine

    3...2...1...blast off with the Woman in the Moon.

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    [font=Century Gothic]"Woman in the Moon" is a silent movie directed by Fritz Lang. Professor Manfeldt was once a respected professor with a wall full of degrees but he was disgraced thirty years before for suggesting that there was gold in the mountains of the moon and now… More

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