Frau im Mond - (Woman in the moon) (1929)

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Two years after revolutionizing the science fiction film with his epic Metropolis, director Fritz Lang revisited the genre with an ambitious spectacle that dramatizes the first lunar expedition. Rather than a flight of pure fantasy, Lang, screenwriter Thea von Harbou and a group of technical consultants conceived a modernized Trip to the Moon grounded in state-of-the-art astrophysics. Spiced with romance and espionage (including a network of diabolical super-spies straight out of Lang's Mabuse films), Woman in the Moon was one of the most influential science fiction films of it's era.

In FRAU IM MOND, Fritz Lang (METROPOLIS, M., THE BIG HEAT) used a scenario about a trip to the moon to continue his early investigations into science and technology--focusing much of his attention on creating the rocket launch as well as the lunar landscapes in keeping with his many scientific advisers` advice. The resulting film offers many images and artifacts that would prove to be extremely accurate when space travel became a reality. The human struggles with greed, jealousy and idealism are played out against a stunning backdrop of rockets and white lunar landscapes, and the tender moments between the protagonists are some of the most touching in any of Lang`s films.