Fritz Lang - Woman In The Moon - 1929. Countdown 3/3

Great special effects in this climatic scene from Fritz Lang's underrated science fiction classic "Woman In The Moon" (Frau Im Mond) from 1929 (A.K.A. "rocket to the moon").

Featuring the talents of Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus,Fritz Rasp, and Klaus Pohl.

It should be noted that during the third reich, which happened a few years after the movie was made, the nazis had the models destroyed and the film withdrawn from release. They considered the rocket to be too close to reality. It was after all, designed by none other than Hermann Oberth, one of the fathers of rocketry and astronautics, who was also Wernher Von Braun's teacher, boss and collaborator.

A lot of contemporary science went into the making of Woman In The Moon. It shows the very first ever countdown to launch of a rocket. An idea invented as a dramatic device for the movie, but later adopted in real life. Also depicted for the first time are the use of liquid rocket fuel, a rocket with two stages, and zero gravity in space.

Of course, there were also bad calls, like the submerged launch and the moon atmosphere.

Woman in the moon was the first "serious" science fiction film.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Fritz Lang
• Willy Fritsch
• Gerda Maurus
• Fritz Rasp
• Klaus Pohl
• Woman in the moon
• frau im mond
• rocket to the moon
• 1929
• silent

[cmsahe]

@LOHENGRINize it is now!

[LOHENGRINize]

Very good quality of the print. Phantastic music (the original score). Unfortunately I can't find the whole film anymore here on YouTube.

[TalksWithDirt]

OMG! It's the first Km/sec meter in history! That's soooo cool!